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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Page 16
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful fimilicude or analogy between the ...
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful fimilicude or analogy between the ...
Page 21
The balsam or essential oil of vegetables contains a spirit , wherein consist the
specific qualities , the smell and taste of ... It should seem that the forms , souls ,
or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or solar emanation ( a ) , which in
...
The balsam or essential oil of vegetables contains a spirit , wherein consist the
specific qualities , the smell and taste of ... It should seem that the forms , souls ,
or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or solar emanation ( a ) , which in
...
Page 58
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fmell and
cafte , which fly off with the fpirit or vegetable falt , without any fenfible diminution
of the oil . 122. Those volatile falts , that are fet free and raised by a gentle heat ...
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fmell and
cafte , which fly off with the fpirit or vegetable falt , without any fenfible diminution
of the oil . 122. Those volatile falts , that are fet free and raised by a gentle heat ...
Page 60
But earth itself is not soluble in water , so as to form one vegetable Auid therewith
. Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to dissolve in water ; that so , in the form of a
vegetable ...
But earth itself is not soluble in water , so as to form one vegetable Auid therewith
. Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to dissolve in water ; that so , in the form of a
vegetable ...
Page 64
Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . ...
These native spirits or vegetable fouls are all breathed or exhaled into the air ,
which seems the receptacle as well as source of all sublunary forms , the great
mass ...
Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . ...
These native spirits or vegetable fouls are all breathed or exhaled into the air ,
which seems the receptacle as well as source of all sublunary forms , the great
mass ...
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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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