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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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 loft ) ...
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 loft ) ...
Page 12
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 and firs .
Particularly ...
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 and firs .
Particularly ...
Page 18
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 . Whence it should follow , that the air
contains ...
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 . Whence it should follow , that the air
contains ...
Page 19
Nor is it to be wondered , that the peculiar texture of each plant or tree , co -
operating with the solar fire and pre - existing juices , rould so alter the fine
nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various specific
qualities of great ...
Nor is it to be wondered , that the peculiar texture of each plant or tree , co -
operating with the solar fire and pre - existing juices , rould so alter the fine
nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various specific
qualities of great ...
Page 21
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. The balsam or ...
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. The balsam or ...
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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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