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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 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 ...
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 ...
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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 . And to this he ascribes their ...
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 . And to this he ascribes their ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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... air impregnates vapour ; 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 .
... air impregnates vapour ; 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 .
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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 ...
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 ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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