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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... a hundred high that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from burfting forth ( in which cafe the tar was loft ) they fet on fire thofe huge and heaps heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar and ( 8 )
... a hundred high that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from burfting forth ( in which cafe the tar was loft ) they fet on fire thofe huge and heaps heaps of pine or fir , letting the tar and ( 8 )
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... earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balfamic juices of pines and firs . Particularly the virtues of ...
... earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balfamic juices of pines and firs . Particularly the virtues of ...
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... earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the ...
... earth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the ...
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... earth and air , ( a ) as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : efpecially if it be confidered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influ- ence on plants derived from the fun , befides its ...
... earth and air , ( a ) as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : efpecially if it be confidered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influ- ence on plants derived from the fun , befides its ...
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... earth and air . 42. The balfam or effential oil of vegetables . contains a fpirit , wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the fmell and tafte of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding spirit to be neither , oil , falt , earth ...
... earth and air . 42. The balfam or effential oil of vegetables . contains a fpirit , wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the fmell and tafte of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding spirit to be neither , oil , falt , earth ...
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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