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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... fhould feem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
... fhould feem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
Page 13
... should feem , the pines or firs in the mountains of Scotland , might be employed that way , and rendred valua- ble ; even where the timber , by it's remotenefs from water - carriage , is of fmall value . What we call the Scotch fir is ...
... should feem , the pines or firs in the mountains of Scotland , might be employed that way , and rendred valua- ble ; even where the timber , by it's remotenefs from water - carriage , is of fmall value . What we call the Scotch fir is ...
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... fhould be cut after ger- mination . It feems alfo very reasonable to fup- pofe the juice of old trees , whofe organs bring no new fap , fhould be better ripened than that of others . 40. The aromatic flavours of vegetables feem to ...
... fhould be cut after ger- mination . It feems alfo very reasonable to fup- pofe the juice of old trees , whofe organs bring no new fap , fhould be better ripened than that of others . 40. The aromatic flavours of vegetables feem to ...
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... fhould feem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocofm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the ...
... fhould feem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocofm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the ...
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... should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not ...
... should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not ...
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