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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... perhaps may fufpect that , as the tar itself is fulphureous , tar - water must be of a hot and inflaming nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain and acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men ...
... perhaps may fufpect that , as the tar itself is fulphureous , tar - water must be of a hot and inflaming nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain and acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men ...
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... perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines which differ from the firs in the length and difpofition of their leaves and hardness of the wood , do not , in Pliny's account , yield fo ...
... perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines which differ from the firs in the length and difpofition of their leaves and hardness of the wood , do not , in Pliny's account , yield fo ...
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... perhaps are near of kin , and in their most useful qualities concur with common tar , efpecially the Norvegian , which is the most liquid and beft for medicinal uses of any that I have experienced . Thofe trees that grow on mountains ...
... perhaps are near of kin , and in their most useful qualities concur with common tar , efpecially the Norvegian , which is the most liquid and beft for medicinal uses of any that I have experienced . Thofe trees that grow on mountains ...
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... perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechaniím of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we confider not only the feveral juices fecreted by different parts of the fame plant , but also , the endless ...
... perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechaniím of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we confider not only the feveral juices fecreted by different parts of the fame plant , but also , the endless ...
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... perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , fo as to become a moft noble medicine ; fuch is the laft product of a tree , perfectly maturated ...
... perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , fo as to become a moft noble medicine ; fuch is the laft product of a tree , perfectly maturated ...
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