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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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
piffel¿um , of 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
piffel¿um , of the ...
Page 10
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. Jonstonus
in his ...
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. Jonstonus
in his ...
Page 27
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 up a ...
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 up a ...
Page 56
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 ; as
far ...
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 ; as
far ...
Page 68
... subtile substance ; whether it be called fire , ¿ther , light , or the vital spirit of
the world ; in like manner as the particles of antimony , of themselves not volatile ,
are carried off in sublimation and rendered volatile , by cohering with the particles
...
... subtile substance ; whether it be called fire , ¿ther , light , or the vital spirit of
the world ; in like manner as the particles of antimony , of themselves not volatile ,
are carried off in sublimation and rendered volatile , by cohering with the particles
...
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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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