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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and tast fhewing it self well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and retain
the most pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9. Tar
was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of ...
and tast fhewing it self well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and retain
the most pure volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9. Tar
was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of ...
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.chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam of Jud¿a , when most plenty ,
was sold on the very ipot that produced it , for double it's weight in silver , if we
may credit Pliny ; who also informs us that the best balsam of Jud¿a flowed only
...
.chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam of Jud¿a , when most plenty ,
was sold on the very ipot that produced it , for double it's weight in silver , if we
may credit Pliny ; who also informs us that the best balsam of Jud¿a flowed only
...
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... concocted , and ripened into an infpissated oil or balsam , and deposited in
certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus
adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient ...
... concocted , and ripened into an infpissated oil or balsam , and deposited in
certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus
adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient ...
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And indeed though the balsam of Peru , obrained by boiling wood and fçumming
the decoction , be a very valuable medicine and of great account in divers cases ,
particuJarly asthmas , nephritic pains , nervous colics and obstructions , yet I ...
And indeed though the balsam of Peru , obrained by boiling wood and fçumming
the decoction , be a very valuable medicine and of great account in divers cases ,
particuJarly asthmas , nephritic pains , nervous colics and obstructions , yet I ...
Page 53
The crude watery juice , that riTeth early in the spring , is gradually ripened and
inspissated by the solar heat , becoming in orderly Tuccellion with the seasons
an oil ; a balsam , and at dast a resin . And it is observed by chemists , that ...
The crude watery juice , that riTeth early in the spring , is gradually ripened and
inspissated by the solar heat , becoming in orderly Tuccellion with the seasons
an oil ; a balsam , and at dast a resin . And it is observed by chemists , that ...
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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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