Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... reason , by con- jecture , and by authority , to caft the beft light I can on the obfcure paths that lie in my way . B 126. Sir Ifaac Newton , Boerhaave , and Hom- berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine fubtile fubftance ...
... reason , by con- jecture , and by authority , to caft the beft light I can on the obfcure paths that lie in my way . B 126. Sir Ifaac Newton , Boerhaave , and Hom- berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine fubtile fubftance ...
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... reason for fuppofing the parts of the acid groffer than the parts of water , in order to produce this effect ; may not this as well be accounted for , by giving them only a ftrong attraction or cohefion with the bodies to which they are ...
... reason for fuppofing the parts of the acid groffer than the parts of water , in order to produce this effect ; may not this as well be accounted for , by giving them only a ftrong attraction or cohefion with the bodies to which they are ...
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... reason , as well as experience , concerning the origin of motion , and the respective natures , properties , and differences of foul and body , and he will , if I mistake not , evidently perceive , that there is nothing active in the ...
... reason , as well as experience , concerning the origin of motion , and the respective natures , properties , and differences of foul and body , and he will , if I mistake not , evidently perceive , that there is nothing active in the ...
Page 122
... reason . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it fuit with the order of things , the ftructure of the universe , or the ends of providence that they fhould be fo . General rules , we ...
... reason . 256. Natural productions , it is true , are not all equally perfect . But neither doth it fuit with the order of things , the ftructure of the universe , or the ends of providence that they fhould be fo . General rules , we ...
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... reason that runs through the whole nature of the univerfe ; which nature he fuppofed to be an æthereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . , Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed ...
... reason that runs through the whole nature of the univerfe ; which nature he fuppofed to be an æthereal body , the feed of the generation of all things . , Plato held fate to be the eternal reafon or law of nature . Chryfippus fuppofed ...
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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