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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... pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons ...
... pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons ...
Page 28
... pure falts are colourlefs . And though the refin will not diffolve in water , yet the fubtile oil , in which the vegetable falts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and falt . And as the oil ...
... pure falts are colourlefs . And though the refin will not diffolve in water , yet the fubtile oil , in which the vegetable falts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and falt . And as the oil ...
Page 59
... pure by cold wa- ter . 124. The mild native acids are obferved more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the frongeft acid fpirits produced by a vehement fire ; and it may be fufpected , they ...
... pure by cold wa- ter . 124. The mild native acids are obferved more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the frongeft acid fpirits produced by a vehement fire ; and it may be fufpected , they ...
Page 60
... pure falt , falt the principle , in it felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone .. And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince ...
... pure falt , falt the principle , in it felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone .. And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince ...
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... pure , but hath always fulphur joined with it , and is claffed by the difference of its ful- phurs , whether mineral , vegetable , or animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives ...
... pure , but hath always fulphur joined with it , and is claffed by the difference of its ful- phurs , whether mineral , vegetable , or animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe