Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid ...
Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid resin is properly an oily viscid ...
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Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to diftil from fome species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to diftil from fome species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
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But they all agree so far as to seem related , Theophrastus gives the preference
to that resin which is got from the silver fir and pitch tree ( ελάτη and πίτυς ) before
that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the ...
But they all agree so far as to seem related , Theophrastus gives the preference
to that resin which is got from the silver fir and pitch tree ( ελάτη and πίτυς ) before
that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the ...
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If any one were minded to diffolve some of the resin , together with the sale or
spirit , he need only mix fome spirit of wine with the water . But such an intire
solution of resins and gums , as to qualify them for entering and pervading the
animal ...
If any one were minded to diffolve some of the resin , together with the sale or
spirit , he need only mix fome spirit of wine with the water . But such an intire
solution of resins and gums , as to qualify them for entering and pervading the
animal ...
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... this expelling diuretic virtue consisted rather in the salts than the resin , and
consequently refides in the tar - water , gently stimulating by it's falts , without the
dangerous force of a caustic . The violent operation of Ipecacuanha lies in it's
resin ...
... this expelling diuretic virtue consisted rather in the salts than the resin , and
consequently refides in the tar - water , gently stimulating by it's falts , without the
dangerous force of a caustic . The violent operation of Ipecacuanha lies in it's
resin ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Austria Rahvusraamatukogu |
| Digitized | 13 mai 2013 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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