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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits round , and fixty or even a hundred high : and that baving covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from bursting forth ( in which case the tar was ...
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits round , and fixty or even a hundred high : and that baving covered them with fods of earth to prevent the flame from bursting forth ( in which case the tar was ...
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Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines ...
Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines ...
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The inceffant action of the sun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and fossil , is supposed to perform all sorts of chemical operations .
The inceffant action of the sun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and fossil , is supposed to perform all sorts of chemical operations .
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... rould so alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various specific qualities of great efficacy in medicine : especially if it be considered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influence ...
... rould so alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various specific qualities of great efficacy in medicine : especially if it be considered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influence ...
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And perhaps there may be something analogous to this , in the fine absorbent vessels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless variety of juiceú , elaborated in plants from the same earth and air , 42.
And perhaps there may be something analogous to this , in the fine absorbent vessels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless variety of juiceú , elaborated in plants from the same earth and air , 42.
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