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 20
... experiments it appears , that all co- lours are virtually in the white light of the fun , and fhew themfelves when the rays are feparated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even fo the specific qualities of the ...
... experiments it appears , that all co- lours are virtually in the white light of the fun , and fhew themfelves when the rays are feparated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even fo the specific qualities of the ...
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... experiments I could make . But in all trials I wou'd recommend difcretion ; for inftance , a man with the gout in his stomach ought not to drink cold tar - water . This effay leaves room for future experiment in every part of it , not ...
... experiments I could make . But in all trials I wou'd recommend difcretion ; for inftance , a man with the gout in his stomach ought not to drink cold tar - water . This effay leaves room for future experiment in every part of it , not ...
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... experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom of her well , from whence nevertheless fhe ...
... experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom of her well , from whence nevertheless fhe ...
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... experiments of fignor Redi , not to preferve the virtues of the respective vegetable subjects ; and to be alike purgative and in an equal de- gree , whatsoever may be the fhape of their points , whether fharp or obtufe . But although ...
... experiments of fignor Redi , not to preferve the virtues of the respective vegetable subjects ; and to be alike purgative and in an equal de- gree , whatsoever may be the fhape of their points , whether fharp or obtufe . But although ...
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... experiment to be tried on perfons af- fected by breathing a poisonous vapour in old vaults , mines , deep holes or cavities under ground . Which , I am apt to think , might fave the lives of feveral , by what I have feen practifed on a ...
... experiment to be tried on perfons af- fected by breathing a poisonous vapour in old vaults , mines , deep holes or cavities under ground . Which , I am apt to think , might fave the lives of feveral , by what I have feen practifed on a ...
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