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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ܕܢܚ ਸ 252 12 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 ...
ܕܢܚ ਸ 252 12 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 ...
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 circulates in plants
as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk ,
into ...
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 circulates in plants
as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk ,
into ...
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 ihould follow , that the air
contains ...
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 ihould follow , that the air
contains ...
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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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