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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... the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the vegetable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or condensed by cold , will either ascend and evaporate into air , or descend in the form of a gross liquor . 33.
... the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the vegetable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or condensed by cold , will either ascend and evaporate into air , or descend in the form of a gross liquor . 33.
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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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... through the fine vessels of the leaves , branches , and item of the tree , undergo in its various organs , new alterations , secretions , and digestions , till such time as they assume the most elaborate form . 37.
... through the fine vessels of the leaves , branches , and item of the tree , undergo in its various organs , new alterations , secretions , and digestions , till such time as they assume the most elaborate form . 37.
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It should seem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , subsist in the light or solar emanation ( a ) , which in respect of the macrocosm is what the animal spirit is to the macrocosm ; the interior tegument ...
It should seem that the forms , fouls , or principles of vegetable life , subsist in the light or solar emanation ( a ) , which in respect of the macrocosm is what the animal spirit is to the macrocosm ; the interior tegument ...
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The luminous spirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties fow , is somewhat extremely volatile , It is not the oil , but a thing more subtile , whereof oil is the vehicle , which retains it ...
The luminous spirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties fow , is somewhat extremely volatile , It is not the oil , but a thing more subtile , whereof oil is the vehicle , which retains it ...
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