Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
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... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
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... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to discover those laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to discover those laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
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... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of the ...
... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of the ...
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... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of æther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all those vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of æther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
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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