Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic ...
... elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic ...
Page 63
... element , is difcer- nible alfo in many parts of the earth , particularly in foffils , fuch as fulphur , vitriol , and alum ; it was already observed from Homberg , that this acid is never found pure , but hath always fulphur joined ...
... element , is difcer- nible alfo in many parts of the earth , particularly in foffils , fuch as fulphur , vitriol , and alum ; it was already observed from Homberg , that this acid is never found pure , but hath always fulphur joined ...
Page 64
... element operate without ceafing , on all things that have life , whether animal or vegetable , keeping their fibres , veffels , and fluids in a motion always changing ; as heat , cold , moisture , dryness , and other caufes alter the ...
... element operate without ceafing , on all things that have life , whether animal or vegetable , keeping their fibres , veffels , and fluids in a motion always changing ; as heat , cold , moisture , dryness , and other caufes alter the ...
Page 68
... element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even oppofite to each other ( m ) , which ... elements , each into other , hath been anciently held . In Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the ...
... element , but a mass or mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even oppofite to each other ( m ) , which ... elements , each into other , hath been anciently held . In Plutarch we find in was the opinion of Heraclitus , that the ...
Page 69
... element of air . It follows alfo , that on the high- eft mountains air fhould be more rare than in pro- portion to the vulgar rule , of the spaces being re- ciprocally as the preffures : and fo in fact it is faid to have been found , by ...
... element of air . It follows alfo , that on the high- eft mountains air fhould be more rare than in pro- portion to the vulgar rule , of the spaces being re- ciprocally as the preffures : and fo in fact it is faid to have been found , by ...
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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