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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ) ...
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 ) ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, 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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