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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... called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these ...
... called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these ...
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... called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . 23. Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless ...
... called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . 23. Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless ...
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... called , being in truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which ...
... called , being in truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which ...
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... called air , is not easy to fay . It feems very confiderable and al- . together neceffary , as well to vegetable as animal . life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that ...
... called air , is not easy to fay . It feems very confiderable and al- . together neceffary , as well to vegetable as animal . life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that ...
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... called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as to become a moft noble medicine ; fuch is the last product of a tree , perfectly maturated by time and fun . 39. It is ...
... called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as to become a moft noble medicine ; fuch is the last product of a tree , perfectly maturated by time and fun . 39. It is ...
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