Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... manner . To ob- viate these inconveniences , and render this water as generally useful as pofli- ble , you defire I would draw up fome rules , and remarks , in a small com- pafs ; which accordingly I here fend you . Norwegian tar being ...
... manner . To ob- viate these inconveniences , and render this water as generally useful as pofli- ble , you defire I would draw up fome rules , and remarks , in a small com- pafs ; which accordingly I here fend you . Norwegian tar being ...
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... manner : Pour a gallon of cold water on a quart of tar , and ftir and mix them thoroughly with a ladle or flat ftick for the fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel must stand eight and forty hours that the tar ' may ...
... manner : Pour a gallon of cold water on a quart of tar , and ftir and mix them thoroughly with a ladle or flat ftick for the fpace of three or four minutes , after which the vef- fel must stand eight and forty hours that the tar ' may ...
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... manner , and others that they might be able to take the infection , were obliged to intermit drinking the tar - water . I have found it may be drunk with great fafety and fuccefs for any length of time , and this not only before , but ...
... manner , and others that they might be able to take the infection , were obliged to intermit drinking the tar - water . I have found it may be drunk with great fafety and fuccefs for any length of time , and this not only before , but ...
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... manner of procuring tar ( a ) it plainly appears to be a natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was ...
... manner of procuring tar ( a ) it plainly appears to be a natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was ...
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... manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called ...
... manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called ...
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