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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... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
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... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by ...
... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by ...
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... bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex- panded and contracted in the ...
... bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex- panded and contracted in the ...
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... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
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... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts ,. ( a ) 30 , 31 ...
... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts ,. ( a ) 30 , 31 ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ