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 19
... mafs , thofe that are proper being drawn in , through the fine veffels of the leaves , branches , and ftem of the tree , undergo in it's various organs , new alterations , fecretions , and digeftions , till fuch time as they affume the ...
... mafs , thofe that are proper being drawn in , through the fine veffels of the leaves , branches , and ftem of the tree , undergo in it's various organs , new alterations , fecretions , and digeftions , till fuch time as they affume the ...
Page 64
... mafs or chaos which imparts and receives them . The air , or atmosphere , that fur- rounds our earth , contains a mixture of all the active volatile parts of the whole habitable world , that is , of all vegetables , minerals , and ...
... mafs or chaos which imparts and receives them . The air , or atmosphere , that fur- rounds our earth , contains a mixture of all the active volatile parts of the whole habitable world , that is , of all vegetables , minerals , and ...
Page 65
... mafs of numberless different prin- ciples , the general fource of corruption and gene- ration ; on one hand dividing , abrading , and car → rying off the particles of bodies , that is , corrupt- ing or diffolving them ; on the other ...
... mafs of numberless different prin- ciples , the general fource of corruption and gene- ration ; on one hand dividing , abrading , and car → rying off the particles of bodies , that is , corrupt- ing or diffolving them ; on the other ...
Page 69
... mafs : the other a fine fubtile spirit by means where- of the former is rendered volatile and elaftic . Together they compofe a medium , whofe elafticity . is less than that of pure ¿ther , fire , or spirit , in proportion to the ...
... mafs : the other a fine fubtile spirit by means where- of the former is rendered volatile and elaftic . Together they compofe a medium , whofe elafticity . is less than that of pure ¿ther , fire , or spirit , in proportion to the ...
Page 70
... mafs , is equally fitted to produce and to deftroy , diftinguishes the various ftages of nature , and keeps up the perpetual round of generations and corruptions , pregnant with forms which it conftantly fends forth and reforbs . So ...
... mafs , is equally fitted to produce and to deftroy , diftinguishes the various ftages of nature , and keeps up the perpetual round of generations and corruptions , pregnant with forms which it conftantly fends forth and reforbs . So ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe