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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Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the ...
Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the ...
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And the relation of Leo Africanus , who describes , as an eye witness , the making of tar on Mount Atlas , agrees in substance , with the methods used by the Macedonians of old , and the people of New England at this day . 18.
And the relation of Leo Africanus , who describes , as an eye witness , the making of tar on Mount Atlas , agrees in substance , with the methods used by the Macedonians of old , and the people of New England at this day . 18.
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The corrosive acrimony of the faline particles , being softened by the mixture of an unctuous substance they insinuate themselves into che small ducts with less difficulty and danger . The combination of these different fubftances makes ...
The corrosive acrimony of the faline particles , being softened by the mixture of an unctuous substance they insinuate themselves into che small ducts with less difficulty and danger . The combination of these different fubftances makes ...
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made stronger for brute beasts , as horses , in whose disorders I have found it very useful , I believe more so than that bituminous substance call's Barbadoes tar . 116. In very dangerous and acute cases much may be taken and often ...
made stronger for brute beasts , as horses , in whose disorders I have found it very useful , I believe more so than that bituminous substance call's Barbadoes tar . 116. In very dangerous and acute cases much may be taken and often ...
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Sir Isaac Newton , Boerhaavæ , and Hom- ; berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine subtile substance , pervading the whole terraqueous globe ; which produceth divers kinds of bodies , as it is united to different subjects .
Sir Isaac Newton , Boerhaavæ , and Hom- ; berg are all agreed , that the acid is a fine subtile substance , pervading the whole terraqueous globe ; which produceth divers kinds of bodies , as it is united to different subjects .
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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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