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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The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo . phrastus
is more particular : he tells us the Macedonians made huge heaps of the cloven
trunks of those trees , wherein the billets were placed erect beside each other .
The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo . phrastus
is more particular : he tells us the Macedonians made huge heaps of the cloven
trunks of those trees , wherein the billets were placed erect beside each other .
Page 9
... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
Page 16
Juices therefore , first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are
afterwards exalted by the action of the air and the vessels of the plant , but ,
above all , by the action of the fun's light ; 3 light ; which at the same time that it (
16 )
Juices therefore , first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are
afterwards exalted by the action of the air and the vessels of the plant , but ,
above all , by the action of the fun's light ; 3 light ; which at the same time that it (
16 )
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... and this becomes a watery juice by diftillation having risen first in the cold still
with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water is possessed of the
specific odour and taste of the plant . It is remarked that distilled oils added to
water for ...
... and this becomes a watery juice by diftillation having risen first in the cold still
with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water is possessed of the
specific odour and taste of the plant . It is remarked that distilled oils added to
water for ...
Page 23
It is also observed that the finest , purest , and most volatile part is that which first
ascends in distillation . And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active
particles required least force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts ...
It is also observed that the finest , purest , and most volatile part is that which first
ascends in distillation . And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active
particles required least force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts ...
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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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