Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another. By the Right Rev. Dr. George Berkley, ...C. Hitch; and C. Davis, 1744 - 176 pages |
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... spirit of wine . Therefore tar - water , not being impregna- ted with resin , may be fafely used in inflammatory cafes and in fact it hath been found an admirable . febrifuge , at once the fafeft cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile ...
... spirit of wine . Therefore tar - water , not being impregna- ted with resin , may be fafely used in inflammatory cafes and in fact it hath been found an admirable . febrifuge , at once the fafeft cooler and cordial . 8. The volatile ...
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... spirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatise on forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are ...
... spirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatise on forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are ...
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... spirit to be neither , oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and rendered vifible to the eye . This when fuffered to fly off , for in- ftance , from the oil of rofemary , leaves it defti ...
... spirit to be neither , oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and rendered vifible to the eye . This when fuffered to fly off , for in- ftance , from the oil of rofemary , leaves it defti ...
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... spirit exhales through the leaves and flowers , and part is arrested by this unctuous humour that detains it in the plant . It is to be noted this effen- tial oil animated , as one may fay , with the fla- vour of the plant is very ...
... spirit exhales through the leaves and flowers , and part is arrested by this unctuous humour that detains it in the plant . It is to be noted this effen- tial oil animated , as one may fay , with the fla- vour of the plant is very ...
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... spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain againft Tar - water , as a medicine , the ufe whereof might inflame ...
... spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain againft Tar - water , as a medicine , the ufe whereof might inflame ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute 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 fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft firſt foap folar folid fome fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem 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 produceth pure raiſe reafon refides refin ſeem ſpace ſtate tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe