Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... themselves when the rays are separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain- ed in the folar light , and are ...
... themselves when the rays are separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain- ed in the folar light , and are ...
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... themselves into the fmall ducts with lefs difficulty and danger . The combination of these different fubftances makes up a very fubtile and active medicine , fit- ted for mixing with all humours , and refolving . D 2 all all ...
... themselves into the fmall ducts with lefs difficulty and danger . The combination of these different fubftances makes up a very fubtile and active medicine , fit- ted for mixing with all humours , and refolving . D 2 all all ...
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... with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and falt . And as the oil in tar - water discovers itself to the eye , fo the acid falts do manifest ( a ) Sect . 47 . themselves themselves to the tafte . Tar - water therefore is ( 28 )
... with water as vinegar doth , which contains both oil and falt . And as the oil in tar - water discovers itself to the eye , fo the acid falts do manifest ( a ) Sect . 47 . themselves themselves to the tafte . Tar - water therefore is ( 28 )
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... themselves to the tafte . Tar - water therefore is a foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps : 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their acrimony being fheathed in oil , and thereby approaching the nature ...
... themselves to the tafte . Tar - water therefore is a foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps : 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their acrimony being fheathed in oil , and thereby approaching the nature ...
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... themselves , or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands , often rendering them , upon the whole , much more unhappy than those whom po- verty and labour have ranked in the lowest lot of life ...
... themselves , or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands , often rendering them , upon the whole , much more unhappy than those whom po- verty and labour have ranked in the lowest lot of life ...
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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