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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... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
... moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on ...
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... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
... moved through the veffels of animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and the ofcillations in the membranes and tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means of air ex ...
Page 110
... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to discover thofe laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
... moved to or from each other , and this is performed according to different laws . The natural or mechanic philofopher en- deavours to discover thofe laws by experiment and reafoning . But what is faid of forces refiding in bodies ...
Page 111
... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to . flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of ...
... moved towards the particles of falt , and joined with them . And when we behold vulgar falt not to . flow per deliquium , may we not conclude that the fame law of nature and motion doth not ob- tain between it's particles and thofe of ...
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... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all thofe vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
... moved according to a certain order , and that they do not move themselves . 237. So likewife , how to explain all thofe vari- ous motions and effects , by the denfity and elafti- city of ¿ther , feems incomprehenfible ( a ) . For ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ