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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And , that in the analysis of bodies it is always loft , escaping the skill of the artist ,
and passing through the closest vessels . 190. Boerhaave , Niewenty't , and
divers other moderns are in the same way of thinking . They with the ancients ...
And , that in the analysis of bodies it is always loft , escaping the skill of the artist ,
and passing through the closest vessels . 190. Boerhaave , Niewenty't , and
divers other moderns are in the same way of thinking . They with the ancients ...
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Sir Isaac Newton in his Optics , asks ; Is not fire a body heated so hot as to emit
light copiously ? for what else , adds he ... Motion , and even power in an
equivocal fense , may be found in this pure ¿thereal spirit , which ignites bodies ,
but is ...
Sir Isaac Newton in his Optics , asks ; Is not fire a body heated so hot as to emit
light copiously ? for what else , adds he ... Motion , and even power in an
equivocal fense , may be found in this pure ¿thereal spirit , which ignites bodies ,
but is ...
Page 103
It hath been shewed in Sir Isaac Newton's Optics , that light is not reflected by
impinging on bodies , but by some other cause . And to him it seems probable ,
that as many rays as impinge on the solid parts of bodies , are not reflected but
ftified ...
It hath been shewed in Sir Isaac Newton's Optics , that light is not reflected by
impinging on bodies , but by some other cause . And to him it seems probable ,
that as many rays as impinge on the solid parts of bodies , are not reflected but
ftified ...
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body endeavouring to pass from the denser parts of the medium towards the
rarer . 224. ... To this cause are ascribed the gravity and cohesion of bodies . ...
Light by the vibrations of this medium is thought to communicate heat to bodies .
body endeavouring to pass from the denser parts of the medium towards the
rarer . 224. ... To this cause are ascribed the gravity and cohesion of bodies . ...
Light by the vibrations of this medium is thought to communicate heat to bodies .
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agents or corporeal forces , which make the partis cles of bodies to cohere . Nor
is it the business of experimental philosophers to find them out . 249. The
mechanical philosopher , as hath been already observed , inquires properly
concerning ...
agents or corporeal forces , which make the partis cles of bodies to cohere . Nor
is it the business of experimental philosophers to find them out . 249. The
mechanical philosopher , as hath been already observed , inquires properly
concerning ...
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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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