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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... plants to droop and wither . Of thefe evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their ...
... plants to droop and wither . Of thefe evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their ...
Page 15
... plants by microfcopes , have difcovered an admira- ble variety of fine capillary tubes and veffels , fitted for several purposes , as the imbibing or attracting of proper nourishment , the diftributing thereof through all parts of the ...
... plants by microfcopes , have difcovered an admira- ble variety of fine capillary tubes and veffels , fitted for several purposes , as the imbibing or attracting of proper nourishment , the diftributing thereof through all parts of the ...
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... plants and animals . And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechanifm of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we confider not only the feveral juices fecreted by different parts of the fame plant ...
... plants and animals . And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechanifm of plants more curious than even that of animals , if we confider not only the feveral juices fecreted by different parts of the fame plant ...
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... plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is not easy to ... plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are ...
... plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is not easy to ... plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are ...
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... plants and animals . Jofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap ... plant or tree is a very nice and complicated machine ( a ) ; by the feveral parts and motions whereof , the crude juices ...
... plants and animals . Jofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap ... plant or tree is a very nice and complicated machine ( a ) ; by the feveral parts and motions whereof , the crude juices ...
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