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 3
What entertainment foever the reasoning or notional part may afford the mind , I
will venture to say , the other part seemeth so surely calculated to do good to the
body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician ...
What entertainment foever the reasoning or notional part may afford the mind , I
will venture to say , the other part seemeth so surely calculated to do good to the
body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician ...
Page 14
To say no more on this obscure business which I leave to the criticks , I shall
observe that according to Theophraftus not only the turpentine trees , the pines ,
and the firs yield resin or car , but also the cedars and palm trees ; and the words
pix ...
To say no more on this obscure business which I leave to the criticks , I shall
observe that according to Theophraftus not only the turpentine trees , the pines ,
and the firs yield resin or car , but also the cedars and palm trees ; and the words
pix ...
Page 17
And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves
and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fuid called air , is not easy to say . It
seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as ...
And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves
and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fuid called air , is not easy to say . It
seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as ...
Page 22
It is to be noted this efiential oil animated , as one may say , with the navour of the
plant is very different from any spirit , that can be procured from the same plant by
fermentation . 45. Light impregnates air ( a ) , air impregnates vapour ...
It is to be noted this efiential oil animated , as one may say , with the navour of the
plant is very different from any spirit , that can be procured from the same plant by
fermentation . 45. Light impregnates air ( a ) , air impregnates vapour ...
Page 38
Nor can I say that any to whom I advised it miscarried . This experiment I was led
to make by the opinion I had of tar as a balsamic : and rosin is only tar inspirfated
. 80. Nothing that I know corroborates the stomach so much as tar - water ( a . ) ...
Nor can I say that any to whom I advised it miscarried . This experiment I was led
to make by the opinion I had of tar as a balsamic : and rosin is only tar inspirfated
. 80. Nothing that I know corroborates the stomach so much as tar - water ( a . ) ...
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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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