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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
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But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines and firs . Particularly the virtues of the most valuable preparation , I mean falt of amber ...
But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines and firs . Particularly the virtues of the most valuable preparation , I mean falt of amber ...
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... even so by means of air expanded and contracted in the trache¿ or vessels made up of elastic fibres , the sap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the vegetable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or condensed ...
... even so by means of air expanded and contracted in the trache¿ or vessels made up of elastic fibres , the sap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the vegetable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or condensed ...
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And it is thought , that each particular down , being originally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that sort ; by which means so many various juices are secreted in different parts of the body .
And it is thought , that each particular down , being originally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that sort ; by which means so many various juices are secreted in different parts of the body .
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And though Boerhaave himself , and orher chemists before him , have given methods for making solutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts . And it doth not seem that any solucion of myrrh ...
And though Boerhaave himself , and orher chemists before him , have given methods for making solutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts . And it doth not seem that any solucion of myrrh ...
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| Pealkiri | Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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