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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Page 85
Celestial things , as angels , chariots , and such like ph¿nomena are invefted
with fire , light , and fplendor . Ezekiel in his visions beheld ( a ) 179 . fire and
brightness , lamps , burning coals of fire fire ( 85 ) as related to civil power : but
such ...
Celestial things , as angels , chariots , and such like ph¿nomena are invefted
with fire , light , and fplendor . Ezekiel in his visions beheld ( a ) 179 . fire and
brightness , lamps , burning coals of fire fire ( 85 ) as related to civil power : but
such ...
Page 97
Besides , we may suppose the particles of light to be indefinitely small , that is , as
small as we please , and their aggregate to bear as small a proportion to the void
as we please , there being nothing in this that contradicts the ph¿nomena .
Besides , we may suppose the particles of light to be indefinitely small , that is , as
small as we please , and their aggregate to bear as small a proportion to the void
as we please , there being nothing in this that contradicts the ph¿nomena .
Page 104
In a word , all the ph¿nomena and properties of bodies , that were before
attributed to attraction , upon later thoughts seem ascribed to this ¿ther , together
with the various attractions themselves . 225. But in the philosophy of Sir Isaac
Newton ...
In a word , all the ph¿nomena and properties of bodies , that were before
attributed to attraction , upon later thoughts seem ascribed to this ¿ther , together
with the various attractions themselves . 225. But in the philosophy of Sir Isaac
Newton ...
Page 105
It doth not seem necessary from the ph¿nomena , to suppose any medium more
active and subtil than light or fire . Light being allowed to move at the rate of
about ten millions of miles in a minute , what occasion is there to conceive
another ...
It doth not seem necessary from the ph¿nomena , to suppose any medium more
active and subtil than light or fire . Light being allowed to move at the rate of
about ten millions of miles in a minute , what occasion is there to conceive
another ...
Page 106
We are not therefore obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a
finer and more exquisite substance , for the explication of ph¿nomena , which
appear to be as well explained without it . How can the density or elasticity of
¿ther ...
We are not therefore obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a
finer and more exquisite substance , for the explication of ph¿nomena , which
appear to be as well explained without it . How can the density or elasticity of
¿ther ...
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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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