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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They cannot therefore be taken in fubstance , so much or fo long , as to produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of ...
They cannot therefore be taken in fubstance , so much or fo long , as to produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of ...
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Ray will have this to be the same with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pliny , thinks the pissel¿um to have been produced froin the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know ...
Ray will have this to be the same with the piffel¿um , of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pliny , thinks the pissel¿um to have been produced froin the cones of cedars . What use they made , of these liquors anciently I know ...
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It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use .
It is remarked by the same author , that a pine doth not at once produce fruit and resin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine resin . Four kinds of this are in use .
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.chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam of Jud¿a , when most plenty , was sold on the very ipot that produced it , for double it's weight in silver , if we may credit Pliny ; who also informs us that the best balsam of Jud¿a ...
.chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam of Jud¿a , when most plenty , was sold on the very ipot that produced it , for double it's weight in silver , if we may credit Pliny ; who also informs us that the best balsam of Jud¿a ...
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6 the fun or the north wind , are reckoned by Thea phrastus to produce the best and purest tar : And the Id¿an pines were distinguished from those growing on the plain , asyielding a thinner , sweeter , and better scented tar ...
6 the fun or the north wind , are reckoned by Thea phrastus to produce the best and purest tar : And the Id¿an pines were distinguished from those growing on the plain , asyielding a thinner , sweeter , and better scented tar ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 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 |
| Autor | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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