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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According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was obtained by setting fire to bilfets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was Iar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theophraftus is more particular : he ...
According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was obtained by setting fire to bilfets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was Iar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theophraftus is more particular : he ...
Page 10
According to Theophrastus , resin was obtained by stripping off the bark from pines , and by incisions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of Mount Ida , he tells us , Atripped the trunk of the pine on the sunny ...
According to Theophrastus , resin was obtained by stripping off the bark from pines , and by incisions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of Mount Ida , he tells us , Atripped the trunk of the pine on the sunny ...
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This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much resin , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is distinguished , consili facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce ...
This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much resin , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is distinguished , consili facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce ...
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... 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 . This according to ( b ) 1 , 7 .
... 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 . This according to ( b ) 1 , 7 .
Page 61
... tly detained by oil and earth , in spighe of the extremne force of fire , which lodgeth in them , without being able to disodge some remains of the acid . fa ) 203 . 130. Salts , : 130. Salts , according to fir Isaac Newton , ( 61 )
... tly detained by oil and earth , in spighe of the extremne force of fire , which lodgeth in them , without being able to disodge some remains of the acid . fa ) 203 . 130. Salts , : 130. Salts , according to fir Isaac Newton , ( 61 )
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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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