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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... the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine resin . Four kinds of this are in
use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus which flows from the turpentine tree ; the
Venice turpentine. prus 22. The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness ( 10
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... the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine resin . Four kinds of this are in
use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus which flows from the turpentine tree ; the
Venice turpentine. prus 22. The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness ( 10
)
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The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness , but Providence hath made the
moft ure . ful things most common . Among those liquid oily extracts from trees
and shrubs which are termed balsams , and valued for medicinal virtues , car
may ...
The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness , but Providence hath made the
moft ure . ful things most common . Among those liquid oily extracts from trees
and shrubs which are termed balsams , and valued for medicinal virtues , car
may ...
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But defcriptions are not so easily misapplied as names . Theophrastus tells us ,
that aitus differeth from s burn , among other things , in that it is neither fo tall nor
so streight , nor hath fo large a leaf . The fir he distinguisheth into male and
female ...
But defcriptions are not so easily misapplied as names . Theophrastus tells us ,
that aitus differeth from s burn , among other things , in that it is neither fo tall nor
so streight , nor hath fo large a leaf . The fir he distinguisheth into male and
female ...
Page 15
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
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... in all plants ; that , therefore , which differencech a plant or makes it what it is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the chemists or schools , is none of
thofe things , nor yet the finett oil , which seemeth only it's receptacle or vehicle .
... in all plants ; that , therefore , which differencech a plant or makes it what it is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the chemists or schools , is none of
thofe things , nor yet the finett oil , which seemeth only it's receptacle or vehicle .
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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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