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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... produce all thofe falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
... produce all thofe falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
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... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
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... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus prus which flows from the turpentine tree ...
... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus prus which flows from the turpentine tree ...
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... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Jud¿a flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Jud¿a flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
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... produce the beft and pureft tar : And the Id¿an pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , sweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
... produce the beft and pureft tar : And the Id¿an pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , sweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
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