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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... volatile falts feperated by infufion from tar , may be fuppofed to contain it's specific vir- tues . Mr. Boyle and other later chemifts are a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile ...
... volatile falts feperated by infufion from tar , may be fuppofed to contain it's specific vir- tues . Mr. Boyle and other later chemifts are a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile ...
Page 7
... volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But ...
... volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But ...
Page 8
... volatile parts into the fineft ducts and capillaries , fo as not to offend the ftomach , but , on the contrary , to comfort and ftrengthen it in a great degree . 13. According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was ...
... volatile parts into the fineft ducts and capillaries , fo as not to offend the ftomach , but , on the contrary , to comfort and ftrengthen it in a great degree . 13. According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was ...
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... volatile . It is not the oil , but a thing more fubtile , whereof . oil is the vehicle , which retains it from flying off , ' and is lodged in feveral parts of the plant , parti- cularly in the cells of the bark and in the feeds . This ...
... volatile . It is not the oil , but a thing more fubtile , whereof . oil is the vehicle , which retains it from flying off , ' and is lodged in feveral parts of the plant , parti- cularly in the cells of the bark and in the feeds . This ...
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... volatile falts and fpirits , which might be loft or corrupted by the latter , being obtained in their natural ftate by the former . It is alfo obferv- ed that the fineft , pureft , and moft volatile part is that which firft afcends in ...
... volatile falts and fpirits , which might be loft or corrupted by the latter , being obtained in their natural ftate by the former . It is alfo obferv- ed that the fineft , pureft , and moft volatile part is that which firft afcends in ...
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