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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 164 pages |
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Page 11
The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness , but Providence hath made the
most use . 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
most use . ful things most common . Among those liquid oily extracts from trees
and shrubs which are termed balsams , and valued for medicinal virtues , car
may ...
Page 14
... by the discovery of many new species of that evergreen tribe , growing in
various parts of the globe . But dercriptions are not so easily misapplied as
names , Theophrastus tells us , that witus differeth from so ' rn , among other
things , in that ...
... by the discovery of many new species of that evergreen tribe , growing in
various parts of the globe . But dercriptions are not so easily misapplied as
names , Theophrastus tells us , that witus differeth from so ' rn , among other
things , in that ...
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 ...
Page 23
... in ail plants ; that , therefore , which differencech a plant or makes it whac ic is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the chemists or schools , is none of
thote things , nor yet the finest oil , which seemeth only it ' s receptacle or vehicle .
... in ail plants ; that , therefore , which differencech a plant or makes it whac ic is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the chemists or schools , is none of
thote things , nor yet the finest oil , which seemeth only it ' s receptacle or vehicle .
Page 39
... from an internal cause ; which was performed on a servant of my own , by
prefcribing the copious and constant use of tar - water for a few weeks . From my
representing tar - water as good for so many things , some perhaps may
conclude ...
... from an internal cause ; which was performed on a servant of my own , by
prefcribing the copious and constant use of tar - water for a few weeks . From my
representing tar - water as good for so many things , some perhaps may
conclude ...
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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 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 |
| Contributors | Margaret Rhames, William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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