Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of those trees ...
... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of those trees ...
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... fire thofe huge heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them ...
... fire thofe huge heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them ...
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... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
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... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to ...
... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to ...
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... fire and pre - exifting juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : especially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
... fire and pre - exifting juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : especially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
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