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 8
... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of those trees ...
... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of those trees ...
Page 10
... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
Page 18
... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed -bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to ...
... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed -bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to ...
Page 19
... fire and pre - existing juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica cy in medicine : especially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
... fire and pre - existing juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica cy in medicine : especially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
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... be cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro- ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct duct of culinary fire , will not think it incredible ( 34 )
... be cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro- ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct duct of culinary fire , will not think it incredible ( 34 )
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