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 35
The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes do sometimes produce the same effect , for
instance , heat by rarefaction and cold by conden . sation do both increase the ...
The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes do sometimes produce the same effect , for
instance , heat by rarefaction and cold by conden . sation do both increase the ...
Page 77
If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter .
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify promila cuously
fomerimes fire and sometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of air . Plato in
the Tim¿us ...
If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter .
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify promila cuously
fomerimes fire and sometimes air . For they diftinguished two forts of air . Plato in
the Tim¿us ...
Page 100
Thus one degree of heat keeps the blood from coagulating , and another degree
coagulates the blood . Thus a more violent fire hath been observed to fet free and
carry off that very light , which a more moderate fire had introduced and fixed in ...
Thus one degree of heat keeps the blood from coagulating , and another degree
coagulates the blood . Thus a more violent fire hath been observed to fet free and
carry off that very light , which a more moderate fire had introduced and fixed in ...
Page 102
Force for power , ftrictly speaking , is the agent alone who imparts an equivocal
force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world , and this to
the ignited body or visible flame , which produceth the sense of light and heat .
Force for power , ftrictly speaking , is the agent alone who imparts an equivocal
force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world , and this to
the ignited body or visible flame , which produceth the sense of light and heat .
Page 153
And in the Tim¿us Plato teacheth , that the figure and motion of the particles of
fire dividing the parts of our bodies produce that painful sensation we call heat .
And Plotinus , in the sixth book of his second Ennead , observes that heat and ...
And in the Tim¿us Plato teacheth , that the figure and motion of the particles of
fire dividing the parts of our bodies produce that painful sensation we call heat .
And Plotinus , in the sixth book of his second Ennead , observes that heat and ...
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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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