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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... common purposes . 2 This cold infufion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the small - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood , when the small ...
... common purposes . 2 This cold infufion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the small - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood , when the small ...
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... common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapnefs and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts to water , and by that ...
... common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapnefs and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts to water , and by that ...
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... common turpentine , neither tranfparent , nor fo liquid as the former ; and this Mr. Ray taketh to flow from the mountain pine . All thefe turpentines are useful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen ...
... common turpentine , neither tranfparent , nor fo liquid as the former ; and this Mr. Ray taketh to flow from the mountain pine . All thefe turpentines are useful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen ...
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... will have the pinus of Pliny to have been by others called xn , but by Theophraftus wirvs . Ray thinks the common πίτνς . fir , or picea of the Latins , to be fir , [ 13 ] grow in higher and more expofed fituations. And ...
... will have the pinus of Pliny to have been by others called xn , but by Theophraftus wirvs . Ray thinks the common πίτνς . fir , or picea of the Latins , to be fir , [ 13 ] grow in higher and more expofed fituations. And ...
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... common tar , efpecially the Norvegian , which is the most liquid and beft for medicinal uses of any that I have experienced . Thofe trees that grow on mountains , expofed to the S the fun or the north wind , are reckoned [ 14 ]
... common tar , efpecially the Norvegian , which is the most liquid and beft for medicinal uses of any that I have experienced . Thofe trees that grow on mountains , expofed to the S the fun or the north wind , are reckoned [ 14 ]
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