Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, 5. köideDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 69
Together they compose a medium, whose elasticity is less than that of pure ¿ther
, fire, or spirit, in proportion to the quantity of falts, vapours, and heterogeneous
particles contained therein. Hence it follows, that there is no such thing as a pure
...
Together they compose a medium, whose elasticity is less than that of pure ¿ther
, fire, or spirit, in proportion to the quantity of falts, vapours, and heterogeneous
particles contained therein. Hence it follows, that there is no such thing as a pure
...
Page 77
If we may credit Plutarch, Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter. ¯ther
by the ancient philosophers was used to signify promiscuously sometimes fire
and sometimes air. For they distinguished two sorts of air. Plato in the; Tim¿us ...
If we may credit Plutarch, Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter. ¯ther
by the ancient philosophers was used to signify promiscuously sometimes fire
and sometimes air. For they distinguished two sorts of air. Plato in the; Tim¿us ...
Page 78
It is not therefore to be wondered that Aristotle thought, the heat of a living body to
be somewhat divine and celestial, derived from that pure ¿ther to which he
supposed the incorporeal deity (%ut'W eWof) to be immediately united, or on
which ...
It is not therefore to be wondered that Aristotle thought, the heat of a living body to
be somewhat divine and celestial, derived from that pure ¿ther to which he
supposed the incorporeal deity (%ut'W eWof) to be immediately united, or on
which ...
Page 93
The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeate all bodies, even the hardest and
most solid, as the diamond. This alone, therefore, cannot, as some learned men
have supposed, be the cause of muscular motion, by a mere impulse of the
nerves ...
The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeate all bodies, even the hardest and
most solid, as the diamond. This alone, therefore, cannot, as some learned men
have supposed, be the cause of muscular motion, by a mere impulse of the
nerves ...
Page 94
What this may be, whether some certain proportion, or some peculiar parts of
¿ther, is not easy to fay. But thus much seems plain, that whatever is ascribed to
acid may be also ascribed to fire or ¿ther. The particles of ¿ther fly asun- to fir
Ifaac ...
What this may be, whether some certain proportion, or some peculiar parts of
¿ther, is not easy to fay. But thus much seems plain, that whatever is ascribed to
acid may be also ascribed to fire or ¿ther. The particles of ¿ther fly asun- to fir
Ifaac ...
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| Title | Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, 5. köide Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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