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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... and fixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from bursting forth ( in which cafe the tar was loft ) they fet on fire thofe huge heaps • heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar ( 8 )
... and fixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from bursting forth ( in which cafe the tar was loft ) they fet on fire thofe huge heaps • heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar ( 8 )
Page 66
... flame . And this even though the air fhould retain it's elafticity ; which , by the bye , is an argument that air doth not act only as an an- tagonist to the intercoftal mufcles . It hath both that and many other ufes . It gives and ...
... flame . And this even though the air fhould retain it's elafticity ; which , by the bye , is an argument that air doth not act only as an an- tagonist to the intercoftal mufcles . It hath both that and many other ufes . It gives and ...
Page 67
... flame ; it being found that when air , by often breathing in it , is become unfit for the one , it will no longer ferve for the other . The like is obfervable in poisonous damps or fteams , wherein flame cannot be kindled . As is ...
... flame ; it being found that when air , by often breathing in it , is become unfit for the one , it will no longer ferve for the other . The like is obfervable in poisonous damps or fteams , wherein flame cannot be kindled . As is ...
Page 72
... flame , or animal spirit in man is fuppofed the cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the ...
... flame , or animal spirit in man is fuppofed the cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the ...
Page 77
... flame , and rarefaction . To which we may add , that the moderns pretend farther to have perceived it by weight , inasmuch as the aromatic oils which moft abound with fire , as being the most readily and vehemently enflamed , are above ...
... flame , and rarefaction . To which we may add , that the moderns pretend farther to have perceived it by weight , inasmuch as the aromatic oils which moft abound with fire , as being the most readily and vehemently enflamed , are above ...
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