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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... fame quantity of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and tafte ...
... fame quantity of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and tafte ...
Page 6
... fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated from the fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the moft eafy feparation is by infufion ...
... fame in all bo- dies . But it is well known that volatile falts do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated from the fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the moft eafy feparation is by infufion ...
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... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
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... fame with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed ...
... fame with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced fron the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed ...
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... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
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