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 21
... seem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile ...
... seem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile ...
Page 30
... seem strange , if the virtues obtained by boiling an old dry wood prove inferior to thofe extracted from a balfam . 64. There is a fine volatile fpirit in the waters of Geronfter , the most esteemed of all the fountains about Spa , but ...
... seem strange , if the virtues obtained by boiling an old dry wood prove inferior to thofe extracted from a balfam . 64. There is a fine volatile fpirit in the waters of Geronfter , the most esteemed of all the fountains about Spa , but ...
Page 88
... seem to derive all their force and activity from the first ( a ) . And indeed there feems to be , originally or ultimately , but one menftruum in nature , to which all other menftruums , may be reduced . Acid falts are a menftruum , but ...
... seem to derive all their force and activity from the first ( a ) . And indeed there feems to be , originally or ultimately , but one menftruum in nature , to which all other menftruums , may be reduced . Acid falts are a menftruum , but ...
Page 104
... seem as well accounted for by vibrations excited in bodies by the rays of light , and the re- fraction of light by the attraction of bodies . To ex- plain the vibrations of light by thofe of a more fub- til medium , feem an uncouth ...
... seem as well accounted for by vibrations excited in bodies by the rays of light , and the re- fraction of light by the attraction of bodies . To ex- plain the vibrations of light by thofe of a more fub- til medium , feem an uncouth ...
Page 108
... seem to him equally abfurd . See his fecond book , De parti- bus animalium . 231. The laws of attraction and repulfion are to be regarded as laws of motion , and these only as rules or methods obferved in the productions of natural ...
... seem to him equally abfurd . See his fecond book , De parti- bus animalium . 231. The laws of attraction and repulfion are to be regarded as laws of motion , and these only as rules or methods obferved in the productions of natural ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout 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 pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ