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 supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine , which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils ...
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine , which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils ...
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And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several juices fecreted by different parts of the same plant , but also ...
And perhaps some will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we consider not only the several juices fecreted by different parts of the same plant , but also ...
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... that the vulgar argument from analogy between plants and animals Joseth much of it's force , if it be considered , that the supposed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence returning ...
... that the vulgar argument from analogy between plants and animals Joseth much of it's force , if it be considered , that the supposed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence returning ...
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It seems also very reasonable to suppose the juice of old trees , whose organs bring no new fap , should be better ripened than that of dthers . 46. The aromatic flavours of vegetables seem to depend upon the sun's light , as much as ...
It seems also very reasonable to suppose the juice of old trees , whose organs bring no new fap , should be better ripened than that of dthers . 46. The aromatic flavours of vegetables seem to depend upon the sun's light , as much as ...
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... appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid spirit , balsamic , cooling , diuretic , and possessed of many other virtues ( b ) . Spirits are supposed to consist of sales and phlegm , probably too ...
... appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid spirit , balsamic , cooling , diuretic , and possessed of many other virtues ( b ) . Spirits are supposed to consist of sales and phlegm , probably too ...
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