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 perhaps there may be something analogous to this , in the fine absorbent
vessels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless variety
of juices , elaborated in plants from the same earth and air . 42. The balsam or ...
And perhaps there may be something analogous to this , in the fine absorbent
vessels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless variety
of juices , elaborated in plants from the same earth and air . 42. The balsam or ...
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Homberg is the pure falt , falt the principle , in it self similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
Homberg is the pure falt , falt the principle , in it self similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
Page 61
Hence also it appears , why the dividing of earth , so as to enlarge it's surface ,
whereby it may admit more acid from the air , is of such use in promoting
vegetation : And why ashes , lime , and burnt clay are found so profitable
manures , fire ...
Hence also it appears , why the dividing of earth , so as to enlarge it's surface ,
whereby it may admit more acid from the air , is of such use in promoting
vegetation : And why ashes , lime , and burnt clay are found so profitable
manures , fire ...
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Sir Isaac Newton accounts for the watery acids making earthy corpuscles soluble
in water , by fupposing the acid to be a mean between earth and water , its
particles greater than those of water , and less than those of earth , and strongly
to ...
Sir Isaac Newton accounts for the watery acids making earthy corpuscles soluble
in water , by fupposing the acid to be a mean between earth and water , its
particles greater than those of water , and less than those of earth , and strongly
to ...
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There is no effect in nature , great , marvellous , or terrible but proceeds from fire ,
that diffused and active principle , which at the same time that it shakes the earth
and heavens , will enter , divide , and diffolve the smallest , closest , and most ...
There is no effect in nature , great , marvellous , or terrible but proceeds from fire ,
that diffused and active principle , which at the same time that it shakes the earth
and heavens , will enter , divide , and diffolve the smallest , closest , and most ...
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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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