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 leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antiscorbutic and diuretic , But the most elaborate juice , falt , and fpirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar 3 whose ...
The leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antiscorbutic and diuretic , But the most elaborate juice , falt , and fpirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar 3 whose ...
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Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic ...
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic ...
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heaps of pine or fir ,. letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery ...
heaps of pine or fir ,. letting the tar and pitch run out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery ...
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Jonstonus in his Dendrographia , is of opinion , that pitch was anciently made of cedar , as well as of the pine and fir grown old and oily . It fhould seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense ...
Jonstonus in his Dendrographia , is of opinion , that pitch was anciently made of cedar , as well as of the pine and fir grown old and oily . It fhould seem indeed that one and the fame word was used by the ancients in a large sense ...
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The next best from the silver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's infusion contain those virtues . Tar - water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and if I may ...
The next best from the silver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's infusion contain those virtues . Tar - water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and if I may ...
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