Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... fame tar will not do quite fo well a fecond time , but may ferve for common uses . Tar water , when right , is not higher than French , nor deeper coloured , than Spanish white wine . If there be not a spirit very fenfibly perceived on ...
... fame tar will not do quite fo well a fecond time , but may ferve for common uses . Tar water , when right , is not higher than French , nor deeper coloured , than Spanish white wine . If there be not a spirit very fenfibly perceived on ...
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... fame quantity . of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and tafte ...
... fame quantity . of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and tafte ...
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... a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated ( a ) Sect . 5 . from 1 from the fubject , the more do they poffefs of ( 6 )
... a- greed , that fixed falts are much the fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated ( a ) Sect . 5 . from 1 from the fubject , the more do they poffefs of ( 6 )
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... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
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... fame with the piffelæum of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they ...
... fame with the piffelæum of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they ...
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