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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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 ...
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 ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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... aqueous , 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 ...
... aqueous , 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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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.
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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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