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 - 174 pages |
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Mr. Evelyn in his creatise on Forest trees observes with wonder , that stems of trees , smeared over with tar , are preserved thereby from being hurt by the invenoned teeth of goats and other injuries , while every other thing of an ...
Mr. Evelyn in his creatise on Forest trees observes with wonder , that stems of trees , smeared over with tar , are preserved thereby from being hurt by the invenoned teeth of goats and other injuries , while every other thing of an ...
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Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic ...
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic ...
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The trees , like old men , being unable to perspire , and their secretory ducts obstructed , they are , as one may fay , choaked and stuffed with their own juice .. 17. The method used by our colonies in America , for making tar and ...
The trees , like old men , being unable to perspire , and their secretory ducts obstructed , they are , as one may fay , choaked and stuffed with their own juice .. 17. The method used by our colonies in America , for making tar and ...
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Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees , either spontaneousy or by incision . ... As it issues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the sun or by ...
Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees , either spontaneousy or by incision . ... As it issues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the sun or by ...
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prus which flows from the turpentine tree ; the Venice turpentine which is got by piercing the Larch tree ; the Strasburgh Turpentine which Mr. Ray informs us is procured from the knots of the silver fir ; it is fragrant and grows ...
prus which flows from the turpentine tree ; the Venice turpentine which is got by piercing the Larch tree ; the Strasburgh Turpentine which Mr. Ray informs us is procured from the knots of the silver fir ; it is fragrant and grows ...
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