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 23
Thus much is allowed , that the water , earth , and fixed salt are the same in all
plants ; that , therefore , which differenceth a plant or makes it what it is , the
native spark or form , in the language of the .. chemists or schools , is none of
those ...
Thus much is allowed , that the water , earth , and fixed salt are the same in all
plants ; that , therefore , which differenceth a plant or makes it what it is , the
native spark or form , in the language of the .. chemists or schools , is none of
those ...
Page 58
Those volatile salts , that are set free and raised by a gentle heat , may justly be
supposed essencial ( a ) , and to have pre - existed in the vegetable ; whereas
the lixivial fixed salts obtained , by the incineration of the subject , whose natural
...
Those volatile salts , that are set free and raised by a gentle heat , may justly be
supposed essencial ( a ) , and to have pre - existed in the vegetable ; whereas
the lixivial fixed salts obtained , by the incineration of the subject , whose natural
...
Page 74
This , as hath been already observed , seems confirmed by the experiment of
fixed sales operating one way , notwithstanding the difference of their angles .
The original particles productive of odours , flavours , and other proper . ties , as
well ...
This , as hath been already observed , seems confirmed by the experiment of
fixed sales operating one way , notwithstanding the difference of their angles .
The original particles productive of odours , flavours , and other proper . ties , as
well ...
Page 90
From all which it may be concluded that bodies attract and fix the light ; whence it
should seem , as some have ... By this junction of light and mercury , both bodies
became fixed , and produced a third different from either , to wit , real gold .
From all which it may be concluded that bodies attract and fix the light ; whence it
should seem , as some have ... By this junction of light and mercury , both bodies
became fixed , and produced a third different from either , to wit , real gold .
Page 93
... fixed and arrested by the particles of air . 201. Although this ¿ther be extremely
elastic , yet , as it is sometimes found by experience to be attracted , imprisoned
and detained in gross bodies ( b ) , so we may suppose it to be attracted , and its
...
... fixed and arrested by the particles of air . 201. Although this ¿ther be extremely
elastic , yet , as it is sometimes found by experience to be attracted , imprisoned
and detained in gross bodies ( b ) , so we may suppose it to be attracted , and its
...
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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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