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 7
In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered
contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most
other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered
contemptible , appears to be an excellent balsam , containing the virtues of most
other balsams , which it easily imparts to water , and by that means readily and ...
Page 9
From the manner of procuring car ( 6 ) it plainly appears to be a natural
production , lodged in the vesels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let lofe (
not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called
cedrium ...
From the manner of procuring car ( 6 ) it plainly appears to be a natural
production , lodged in the vesels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let lofe (
not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called
cedrium ...
Page 15
Exhaling vefsels for carrying , off excrementitious parts , are discovered through
out the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so well
agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears ideo وارة
LIDER ...
Exhaling vefsels for carrying , off excrementitious parts , are discovered through
out the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so well
agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears ideo وارة
LIDER ...
Page 20
And as from Sir Isaac Newton's experiments it appears , that all colours are
virtually in the white light of the fun , and thew themfelves when the rays are
separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific
qualities ...
And as from Sir Isaac Newton's experiments it appears , that all colours are
virtually in the white light of the fun , and thew themfelves when the rays are
separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific
qualities ...
Page 23
Hence the prejudice which some perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a
medicine , the use whereof might inflame the blood by it's sulphur and resin ,
appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid ...
Hence the prejudice which some perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a
medicine , the use whereof might inflame the blood by it's sulphur and resin ,
appears to be not well grounded ; it being indeed impregnated with a fine acid ...
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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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