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 yet some perhaps may suspect that , as the tar itself is sulphureous , tar -
water muft be of a hot and inflaming nature . But it is to be noted , that all balsams
contain and acid fpirit , which is in truch a volatile salt . Water is a menftruum that
...
And yet some perhaps may suspect that , as the tar itself is sulphureous , tar -
water muft be of a hot and inflaming nature . But it is to be noted , that all balsams
contain and acid fpirit , which is in truch a volatile salt . Water is a menftruum that
...
Page 28
Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a soap , inasmuch as it is
found to contain an oyl as well as an acid spirit . Hence it is both unatuous and
penetrating , a powerful antiphlogistic , and preservative against corruption and ...
Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a soap , inasmuch as it is
found to contain an oyl as well as an acid spirit . Hence it is both unatuous and
penetrating , a powerful antiphlogistic , and preservative against corruption and ...
Page 32
But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strenghten the digestion
beyond any thing I know , and consequently must be highly useful , either to
prevent or lessen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to cast it upon the
...
But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strenghten the digestion
beyond any thing I know , and consequently must be highly useful , either to
prevent or lessen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to cast it upon the
...
Page 131
This opinion was also so general and current among the Greeks , that Plutarch
afferts all others held the world to be an animal , and governed by providence ,
except Leucippus , Democritus , and Epicurus . And although an animal , contain(
c ) ...
This opinion was also so general and current among the Greeks , that Plutarch
afferts all others held the world to be an animal , and governed by providence ,
except Leucippus , Democritus , and Epicurus . And although an animal , contain(
c ) ...
Page 144
And though the books attributed to Mercurius Trismegistus were none of them
wrote by him , and are allowed to contain some manifest forgeries ; yet it is also
allowed , that they contain tenets of the antient ¯gyptian philosophy , though ...
And though the books attributed to Mercurius Trismegistus were none of them
wrote by him , and are allowed to contain some manifest forgeries ; yet it is also
allowed , that they contain tenets of the antient ¯gyptian philosophy , though ...
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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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