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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Page 11
... whereof it is the beft medicine I have ever tried . 22. The folly of man rateth things by their fcarcenefs , but Providence hath made the most use- ful things most common . Among thofe liquid oily extracts from trees and fhrubs which ...
... whereof it is the beft medicine I have ever tried . 22. The folly of man rateth things by their fcarcenefs , but Providence hath made the most use- ful things most common . Among thofe liquid oily extracts from trees and fhrubs which ...
Page 12
... whereof in fufficient quantity , caufeth other plants to droop and wither . Of these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and ...
... whereof in fufficient quantity , caufeth other plants to droop and wither . Of these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and ...
Page 14
... whereof I have feen close thorn hedges . 27. There feems to have been fome confufion in the naming of these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif ...
... whereof I have feen close thorn hedges . 27. There feems to have been fome confufion in the naming of these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif ...
Page 18
... whereof , the crude juices admitted through the abforbent veffels , whether of the root , trunk , or branches , are variously mixed , separated , alter- ed , digested , and exalted in a very wonderful manner . The juice as it paffeth in ...
... whereof , the crude juices admitted through the abforbent veffels , whether of the root , trunk , or branches , are variously mixed , separated , alter- ed , digested , and exalted in a very wonderful manner . The juice as it paffeth in ...
Page 22
... 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 oil purified and exalted by the organical powers of the ...
... 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 oil purified and exalted by the organical powers of the ...
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