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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... no more being made from the fame tår , which may still serve for common purposes . i 2 This.cold infusion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a preservative or preparative against the fmall - pox , which foreign ...
... no more being made from the fame tår , which may still serve for common purposes . i 2 This.cold infusion of tar hath been used in fome of our colonies , as a preservative or preparative against the fmall - pox , which foreign ...
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It fhould seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense , so as to comprehend the juices issuing from all those trées . Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
It fhould seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense , so as to comprehend the juices issuing from all those trées . Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ...
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... first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted by the action of the air and vessels of the plant , but , above all , by the action of the fun's light ; light ; which at the fame time that it ...
... first purified by straining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted by the action of the air and vessels of the plant , but , above all , by the action of the fun's light ; light ; which at the fame time that it ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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And all these fame virtues seem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa . gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a soap , inasmuch as it is found ...
And all these fame virtues seem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa . gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a soap , inasmuch as it is found ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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