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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Upon the whole it is manifest , that air is no distinct element , but a mass or
mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even opposite to each other ( m ) ,
which become air , by acquiring an elasticity and volatility from the attraction of
some ...
Upon the whole it is manifest , that air is no distinct element , but a mass or
mixture of things the most heterogeneous and even opposite to each other ( m ) ,
which become air , by acquiring an elasticity and volatility from the attraction of
some ...
Page 75
The element of ¿thereal fire or light seenis to comprehend , in a inixed state , the
feeds , the natural causes and forms ( 8 ) ... The groffer bodies separate , attract ,
and repel the several constituent particles of that heterogeneous element ; which
...
The element of ¿thereal fire or light seenis to comprehend , in a inixed state , the
feeds , the natural causes and forms ( 8 ) ... The groffer bodies separate , attract ,
and repel the several constituent particles of that heterogeneous element ; which
...
Page 78
lus of antimony , being calcined by a burning glass for an hour together , were
found to have imbibed and fixed seven drams of the substance of light . 170.
Such is the rarefying and expansive force of this element , as to produce in an
instant of ...
lus of antimony , being calcined by a burning glass for an hour together , were
found to have imbibed and fixed seven drams of the substance of light . 170.
Such is the rarefying and expansive force of this element , as to produce in an
instant of ...
Page 87
the element of fire in a peculiar light , and treated it with more than common
regard , as if it were something of a very singular and extraordinary nature . Nor
are there wanting authors of principal account among the moderns , who
entertain sike ...
the element of fire in a peculiar light , and treated it with more than common
regard , as if it were something of a very singular and extraordinary nature . Nor
are there wanting authors of principal account among the moderns , who
entertain sike ...
Page 117
The Cartesians attempted to explain it by the nisus of a subtil element , receding
from the center of its motion , and impelling grosfer bodies towards it . Sir Isaac
Newton in his later thoughts seems ( as was before observed ) to have adopted ...
The Cartesians attempted to explain it by the nisus of a subtil element , receding
from the center of its motion , and impelling grosfer bodies towards it . Sir Isaac
Newton in his later thoughts seems ( as was before observed ) to have adopted ...
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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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