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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... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And , indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And , indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
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... these islands ; in which of late years it is so much planted and culti vated with fo little advantage , while the cedar of Lebanon might perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines ...
... these islands ; in which of late years it is so much planted and culti vated with fo little advantage , while the cedar of Lebanon might perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines ...
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... these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himfelf acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees ...
... these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himfelf acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees ...
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... these fame virtues feem to be in Tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain ...
... these fame virtues feem to be in Tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain ...
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... these is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it moft , except against the use of it in such cases where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif pofition appears . It is ...
... these is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it moft , except against the use of it in such cases where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif pofition appears . It is ...
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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