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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Therefore tar - water , not being impregnated with resin , may be safely used in
infammatory cases : and in fact it bath been found an admirable febrifuge , at
once the safest cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile falts seperated by infusion from
tar ...
Therefore tar - water , not being impregnated with resin , may be safely used in
infammatory cases : and in fact it bath been found an admirable febrifuge , at
once the safest cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile falts seperated by infusion from
tar ...
Page 8
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia ... That all turpentines and resins
are good for the lungs , against gravel also and obstructions , is no secret .
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia ... That all turpentines and resins
are good for the lungs , against gravel also and obstructions , is no secret .
Page 10
Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid ...
Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid ...
Page 12
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
Page 13
Theophrastus gives the preference to that resin which is gor from the silver fir and
pitch tree ( ελάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith ,
is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine producech the ...
Theophrastus gives the preference to that resin which is gor from the silver fir and
pitch tree ( ελάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith ,
is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine producech the ...
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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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