Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... attraction are performed all over the furface of vegetables , as well as animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo ... attracted by the root , and the defcending another imbibed by the leaves , or ex- tremities of the branches : laftly ...
... attraction are performed all over the furface of vegetables , as well as animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo ... attracted by the root , and the defcending another imbibed by the leaves , or ex- tremities of the branches : laftly ...
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... attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and fud- den medicine , always to produce its effect at once ...
... attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold water , is not a violent and fud- den medicine , always to produce its effect at once ...
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... attraction , the acid rendering them foluble in water ( f ) . He fuppofeth the watry acid to flow round the ter- reftrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted thereby , and compares each par- ticle of falt , to a ...
... attraction , the acid rendering them foluble in water ( f ) . He fuppofeth the watry acid to flow round the ter- reftrial part , as the ocean doth round the earth , being attracted thereby , and compares each par- ticle of falt , to a ...
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... attraction which Sir Ifaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he supposeth them to rush towards , penetrate , fhake , and divide the most solid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of vegetables , could bet- ter account for this ...
... attraction which Sir Ifaac Newton attributes to all acids , whereby he supposeth them to rush towards , penetrate , fhake , and divide the most solid bodies , and to ferment the liquid of vegetables , could bet- ter account for this ...
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... attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no diftinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even oppofite to each other ( m ) , which become air , by acquiring an elasticity and ...
... attraction . 147. Upon the whole it is manifeft , that air is no diftinct element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even oppofite to each other ( m ) , which become air , by acquiring an elasticity and ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit anſwer Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout greateſt groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refiding ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe