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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... attention of the mind . These considerations have moved me to communicate to
the public che falutary virtues of tar - water ; to which I thought myself
indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects
are linked ...
... attention of the mind . These considerations have moved me to communicate to
the public che falutary virtues of tar - water ; to which I thought myself
indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects
are linked ...
Page 7
In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered
contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most
other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered
contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most
other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
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They cannot therefore be taken in substance , so much or lo Jong , as to produce
all those falutary effects , which , it thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices ,
they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit ...
They cannot therefore be taken in substance , so much or lo Jong , as to produce
all those falutary effects , which , it thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices ,
they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit ...
Page 9
The method used by our colonies in America , for making tar and pitch , is in
effect the fame with that of the ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the
account given in the Philosophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Transa 1 Transactions . And
the relation ...
The method used by our colonies in America , for making tar and pitch , is in
effect the fame with that of the ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the
account given in the Philosophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Transa 1 Transactions . And
the relation ...
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Tar - water poffefseth the stomachic and cardiac qualities of Elixir proprietatis ,
Stoughton's drops , and many such tinctures and extracts , with this dificrence ,
that it worketh it's effect more safely , as it hath nothing of that spirit of wine , which
...
Tar - water poffefseth the stomachic and cardiac qualities of Elixir proprietatis ,
Stoughton's drops , and many such tinctures and extracts , with this dificrence ,
that it worketh it's effect more safely , as it hath nothing of that spirit of wine , which
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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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