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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... body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician fails of his harmony . And in our present state , the operations of the mind , fo far depend on the right tone or good condition of it's inftrument ...
... body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician fails of his harmony . And in our present state , the operations of the mind , fo far depend on the right tone or good condition of it's inftrument ...
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... body . 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs are an important branch of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prescriptions of physi- cians , but have been alfo thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us ...
... body . 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs are an important branch of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prescriptions of physi- cians , but have been alfo thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us ...
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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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... body , therefore , either animal or vege- table , may be confidered as an organised fyftem of tubes and veffels , containing feveral forts of fluids . And as fluids are moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and ...
... body , therefore , either animal or vege- table , may be confidered as an organised fyftem of tubes and veffels , containing feveral forts of fluids . And as fluids are moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and ...
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