Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 4
IM N certain parts of America , tar - water is made by putting a quart of cold water
to a quart of tar , and stirring them well together in a vessel , which is left standing
till the tar sinks to the bottom . A glass of clear water being poured off for a ...
IM N certain parts of America , tar - water is made by putting a quart of cold water
to a quart of tar , and stirring them well together in a vessel , which is left standing
till the tar sinks to the bottom . A glass of clear water being poured off for a ...
Page 6
But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are
separated from the subject , the more do they possess of it's specific qualities .
Now the most easy separation is by infusion of tar in cold water , which to smell (
a ) ...
But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are
separated from the subject , the more do they possess of it's specific qualities .
Now the most easy separation is by infusion of tar in cold water , which to smell (
a ) ...
Page 7
But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the
Itomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water , was unknown to them . The
leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and
allowed ...
But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the
Itomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water , was unknown to them . The
leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and
allowed ...
Page 14
This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much
rein , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is diftinguished , tonfili
facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce fir , whereof I
have ...
This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much
rein , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is diftinguished , tonfili
facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce fir , whereof I
have ...
Page 16
... as they are rarefied by heat or condensed by cold , will either ascend and
evaporate into air , or descend in the form of a grofs liquor . 33. Juices therefore ,
first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted
by ...
... as they are rarefied by heat or condensed by cold , will either ascend and
evaporate into air , or descend in the form of a grofs liquor . 33. Juices therefore ,
first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted
by ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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