Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 16
And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of
plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several
juices secreted by different parts of the same plant , but also , the endless variety
...
And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of
plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several
juices secreted by different parts of the same plant , but also , the endless variety
...
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light ; which at the same time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies .
And though the leaves are supposed to perform principally the office of lungs ...
light ; which at the same time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies .
And though the leaves are supposed to perform principally the office of lungs ...
Page 62
... and alcalies like sheaths : and that moving in the same liquor , the daggers run
into the sheaths fitted to receive them , with such violence as to raise that
effervescence obferved in the mixture of acids and alcalies . But it . seems very
difficult ...
... and alcalies like sheaths : and that moving in the same liquor , the daggers run
into the sheaths fitted to receive them , with such violence as to raise that
effervescence obferved in the mixture of acids and alcalies . But it . seems very
difficult ...
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In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
Page 123
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which fome object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule must proceed from something that understands the rule ; therefore , if not
from the ...
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which fome object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule must proceed from something that understands the rule ; therefore , if not
from the ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Austria Rahvusraamatukogu |
| Digitized | 13 mai 2013 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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