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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... 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 practice
induced ...
... 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 practice
induced ...
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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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Juices therefore , 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 ; which at the fame time that it heats light ; ( 16 ) ...
Juices therefore , 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 ; which at the fame time that it heats light ; ( 16 ) ...
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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 office of lungs ...
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 office of lungs ...
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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 to contain
an ...
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 to contain
an ...
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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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