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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... produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
... produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
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... produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
... produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
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... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the later in its old age . 20 Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus which flows from the Turpentine tree ; the ...
... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the later in its old age . 20 Turpentine is a fine refin . Four kinds of this are in ufe . The turpentine of Chios or Cy- prus which flows from the Turpentine tree ; the ...
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... produced it , for double its weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs . us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oyl of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
... produced it , for double its weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs . us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oyl of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
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... produce the beft and pureft Tar : And the Idæan pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
... produce the beft and pureft Tar : And the Idæan pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that ...
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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