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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... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
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... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
Page 110
... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to difcover thofe laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to difcover thofe laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
Page 111
... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and those of the ...
... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and those of the ...
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... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themfelves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themfelves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
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