Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 4
A glass of clear water being poured off for a draught is replaced by the same
quantity of fresh water , the vefsel being shaken and left to stand as before . And
this is repeated for every glais , so long as the tir continuěs to impregnate the
water ...
A glass of clear water being poured off for a draught is replaced by the same
quantity of fresh water , the vefsel being shaken and left to stand as before . And
this is repeated for every glais , so long as the tir continuěs to impregnate the
water ...
Page 6
Mr. Boyle and other later chemists are agreed , that fixed falts are much the same
in all bodies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the
easier they are separated from the subject , the more do they poffefs of it's
specific ...
Mr. Boyle and other later chemists are agreed , that fixed falts are much the same
in all bodies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the
easier they are separated from the subject , the more do they poffefs of it's
specific ...
Page 7
... the native spirits and essential salts of those vegetables are the same in
turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty
may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam ,
containing the ...
... the native spirits and essential salts of those vegetables are the same in
turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty
may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam ,
containing the ...
Page 9
Ray will have this to be the same with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but
Hardouin in his notes on Pliny , thinks the pissel¿um to have been produced
froin the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know
not : but it ...
Ray will have this to be the same with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but
Hardouin in his notes on Pliny , thinks the pissel¿um to have been produced
froin the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know
not : but it ...
Page 10
It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and
resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a
fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus prus ...
It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and
resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a
fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus prus ...
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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 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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