Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on this low , but ufeful theme led to far- ther inquiries , and those on to others remote , per ...
... thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on this low , but ufeful theme led to far- ther inquiries , and those on to others remote , per ...
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... thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees ...
... thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees ...
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... thought to be the oil of the bark infpiffated by the fun . As it iffues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the fun or by fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping off ...
... thought to be the oil of the bark infpiffated by the fun . As it iffues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the fun or by fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping off ...
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... thought to answer the panniculus adipofus in animals , defending trees from the wea- ther , and , when in fufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and ...
... thought to answer the panniculus adipofus in animals , defending trees from the wea- ther , and , when in fufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and ...
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... thought , that each particular down , being origi- nally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that fort ; by which means fo many vari- ous juices are secreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be ...
... thought , that each particular down , being origi- nally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that fort ; by which means fo many vari- ous juices are secreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe