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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Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um , of the ...
Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um , of the ...
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What we call the Scotch fir is falny so called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and
( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the description of a pine growing on
mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out ...
What we call the Scotch fir is falny so called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and
( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the description of a pine growing on
mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out ...
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firs , whose oil being in greater quantity , and more tenacious of the acid spirit or
vegetable soul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of
the sun , and attracting the sun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as ...
firs , whose oil being in greater quantity , and more tenacious of the acid spirit or
vegetable soul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of
the sun , and attracting the sun beams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as ...
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Whereas tar - water is so far from hurring in those cases , or being discontinued
on that account , that it greatly contributes to their cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials ,
vulgarly so called , act immediately on the stomach , and by consent of nerves on
the ...
Whereas tar - water is so far from hurring in those cases , or being discontinued
on that account , that it greatly contributes to their cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials ,
vulgarly so called , act immediately on the stomach , and by consent of nerves on
the ...
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this water of health ( as it may be justly called ) is permanent . In which it
emulates the virtues of that famous plant Gen Seng , so much valued in China as
the only cordial that raiseth the spirits without depressing them . Tar - water is so
far from ...
this water of health ( as it may be justly called ) is permanent . In which it
emulates the virtues of that famous plant Gen Seng , so much valued in China as
the only cordial that raiseth the spirits without depressing them . Tar - water is so
far from ...
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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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