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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... refin , may be fafely ufed in inflammatory cafes and in fact it hath been found an admirable febrifuge , at once the fafeft cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile falts feperated by infufion from tar , may be fuppofed to contain it's ...
... refin , may be fafely ufed in inflammatory cafes and in fact it hath been found an admirable febrifuge , at once the fafeft cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile falts feperated by infufion from tar , may be fuppofed to contain it's ...
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... refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo ...
... refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo ...
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... refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch is made from tar , by letting it blaze till the moisture is fpent . Liquid refin is properly an oily vifcid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees , ei- ther fpontaneously or by incifion ...
... refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch is made from tar , by letting it blaze till the moisture is fpent . Liquid refin is properly an oily vifcid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees , ei- ther fpontaneously or by incifion ...
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... refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's ...
... refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's ...
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... refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with thofe I find afcribed to the precious balm of Jud¿a , of Gilead , or of Mecha ( as it is diverfly called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not ...
... refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with thofe I find afcribed to the precious balm of Jud¿a , of Gilead , or of Mecha ( as it is diverfly called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not ...
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