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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1 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and
retain the most pure · volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9
. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , ' the bites of ...
1 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and
retain the most pure · volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9
. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , ' the bites of ...
Page 15
Exhaling vessels for carrying off excrementitious parts , are discovered
throughout the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so
well agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears
circulation of the ...
Exhaling vessels for carrying off excrementitious parts , are discovered
throughout the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so
well agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears
circulation of the ...
Page 16
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... or no , thus much is certain , that there are
innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful
fimilitude ...
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... or no , thus much is certain , that there are
innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful
fimilitude ...
Page 17
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulares in
plants as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulares in
plants as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
Page 18
The incessant action of the sun upon the elements of - air , earth , and water , and
on all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and fossil , is supposed to
perform all sorts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air ...
The incessant action of the sun upon the elements of - air , earth , and water , and
on all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and fossil , is supposed to
perform all sorts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air ...
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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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