Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
... produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
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... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not ufed at all . 15. From the manner ...
... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not ufed at all . 15. From the manner ...
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... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus prus which flows from the turpentine tree ...
... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus prus which flows from the turpentine tree ...
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... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
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... produce the best and pureft tar : And the Idæan pines were distinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
... produce the best and pureft tar : And the Idæan pines were distinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
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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