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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... fuppofed to contain it's specific vir- tues . Mr. Boyle and other later chemifts are a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the eafier they are ...
... fuppofed to contain it's specific vir- tues . Mr. Boyle and other later chemifts are a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the eafier they are ...
Page 12
... fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But ...
... fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But ...
Page 18
... fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again , is in no fort conformable or analogous to ...
... fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again , is in no fort conformable or analogous to ...
Page 23
... fuppofed to confift of falts and phlegm , probably too fome- what of a fine oily nature , differing from oil in that it mixeth with water , and agreeing with oil , in that it runneth in rivulets by diltillation . Thus much is allowed ...
... fuppofed to confift of falts and phlegm , probably too fome- what of a fine oily nature , differing from oil in that it mixeth with water , and agreeing with oil , in that it runneth in rivulets by diltillation . Thus much is allowed ...
Page 26
... fuppofed to be diapho- retic , which , being of an active and fubtile nature , pafs through the whole fyftem , and work their effect in the fineft capillaries and perfpiratory ducts which they gently cleanfe and open . Tar- water is ...
... fuppofed to be diapho- retic , which , being of an active and fubtile nature , pafs through the whole fyftem , and work their effect in the fineft capillaries and perfpiratory ducts which they gently cleanfe and open . Tar- water is ...
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