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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... pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antifcorbutic and diuretic . But the most ... pines and firs what- foever and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
... pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antifcorbutic and diuretic . But the most ... pines and firs what- foever and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
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... pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe drugs are found in ...
... pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe drugs are found in ...
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... pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents ... pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar ...
... pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents ... pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar ...
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... pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of Mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the funny fide two or three cubits from the ground . He obferves that a good pine might ...
... pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of Mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the funny fide two or three cubits from the ground . He obferves that a good pine might ...
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... pine .. All thefe turpentines are ufeful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the filver fir and ...
... pine .. All thefe turpentines are ufeful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the filver fir and ...
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Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... GEORGE. BERKELEY No preview available - 2018 |
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