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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... ftill ferve for common purposes . 2 This cold infufion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the small - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood ...
... ftill ferve for common purposes . 2 This cold infufion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the small - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood ...
Page 18
... ftill more and more elaborate . 36. There is therefore no chemistry like that of nature , which addeth to the force of fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the ...
... ftill more and more elaborate . 36. There is therefore no chemistry like that of nature , which addeth to the force of fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the ...
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... ftill with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and taste of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it ...
... ftill with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and taste of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it ...
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... ftill think it cannot cool . The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther confidered , that , as on the one hand , oppofite caufes do fometimes produce the fame effect , for inftance , heat by rarefaction and cold ...
... ftill think it cannot cool . The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther confidered , that , as on the one hand , oppofite caufes do fometimes produce the fame effect , for inftance , heat by rarefaction and cold ...
Page 89
... ftill fhew itself to be fire . Lead , tin , or regulus of antimony , being exposed to the fire of a burning glass , though they lofe much in fmoak and fteam , are nevertheless found to be confiderably increafed in weight , which proves ...
... ftill fhew itself to be fire . Lead , tin , or regulus of antimony , being exposed to the fire of a burning glass , though they lofe much in fmoak and fteam , are nevertheless found to be confiderably increafed in weight , which proves ...
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