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 9
... faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um ...
... faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um ...
Page 11
... faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues ...
... faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues ...
Page 13
... faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine produceth the fmalleft quantity . It fhou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophraftus might have been miftaken , in rendering aan by pinus , as ...
... faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine produceth the fmalleft quantity . It fhou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophraftus might have been miftaken , in rendering aan by pinus , as ...
Page 54
... faith he , on the pleasanteft method of giving turpentine , will do great cures in the gout , ftone , catarrhs , dropfies and cold fcurvies , rheu- matifms , ulcers , and obftructions of the glands . Laftly , he fubjoins , that for the ...
... faith he , on the pleasanteft method of giving turpentine , will do great cures in the gout , ftone , catarrhs , dropfies and cold fcurvies , rheu- matifms , ulcers , and obftructions of the glands . Laftly , he fubjoins , that for the ...
Page 61
... faith Homberg , is always join- ed to fome fulphur , which determines it to this or that fpecies , producing different falts , as it is the vegetable , bituminous , or metallique fulphur . E- ven the alcaline , whether volatile or ...
... faith Homberg , is always join- ed to fome fulphur , which determines it to this or that fpecies , producing different falts , as it is the vegetable , bituminous , or metallique fulphur . E- ven the alcaline , whether volatile or ...
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