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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Page 10
It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and
resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a
fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus prus ...
It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and
resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a
fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use . The turpentine of Chios or Cyprus prus ...
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light ; which at the fame time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies .
And though the leaves are suppored to perform principally the office of lungs ...
light ; which at the fame time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the
fap ; till it perspires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies .
And though the leaves are suppored to perform principally the office of lungs ...
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And it doth not seem that any solution of myrrh is impregnated with it's falt or acid
fpirit . It may not , therefore , seem strange if this water should be found more
beneficial for procu . ring health and long life , than any solution of myrrh
whatsoever ...
And it doth not seem that any solution of myrrh is impregnated with it's falt or acid
fpirit . It may not , therefore , seem strange if this water should be found more
beneficial for procu . ring health and long life , than any solution of myrrh
whatsoever ...
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And though the resin will not diffolve in water , yeç the subtile oyl , in which the
vegetable salts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which
contains both oyl and salt . And as the oyl in tar - water discovers i felf to the eye ,
so ...
And though the resin will not diffolve in water , yeç the subtile oyl , in which the
vegetable salts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which
contains both oyl and salt . And as the oyl in tar - water discovers i felf to the eye ,
so ...
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But then we should be cautious in the use of it , if we consider , that the very thing
which gives it power of doing good above other deobftruents , doth also difpose it
to do mischief . I mean its great momentum , The weight of it being about ten ...
But then we should be cautious in the use of it , if we consider , that the very thing
which gives it power of doing good above other deobftruents , doth also difpose it
to do mischief . I mean its great momentum , The weight of it being about ten ...
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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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