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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ܕܢܚ ਸ 252 12 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to
extract and retain the most pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable
balsam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers ...
ܕܢܚ ਸ 252 12 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to
extract and retain the most pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable
balsam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers ...
Page 8
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic particles .
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic particles .
Page 19
... and saline particles , which being difSolved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated ,
part thereof is spent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by
the economy of the plant , and action of the sun , strained , purified , concocted ...
... and saline particles , which being difSolved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated ,
part thereof is spent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by
the economy of the plant , and action of the sun , strained , purified , concocted ...
Page 23
And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least
force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more
active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the resinous part is
not ...
And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least
force to disengage them from the subject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more
active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the resinous part is
not ...
Page 26
The fine particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are also balsamic and
emol . lient , softening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the
erosions occasioned thereby in the blood - vessels and glands . 53. Tar - water ...
The fine particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are also balsamic and
emol . lient , softening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the
erosions occasioned thereby in the blood - vessels and glands . 53. Tar - water ...
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| Title | 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 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 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 |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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