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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And as from Sir Isaac Newton's experiments it appears , that all colours are
virtually in the white light of the fun , and thew themfelves when the rays are
separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific
qualities ...
And as from Sir Isaac Newton's experiments it appears , that all colours are
virtually in the white light of the fun , and thew themfelves when the rays are
separated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific
qualities ...
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of the acid spirit in distillation , which vellicating and contracting as a stimulus
might have proved a counterpoife to the excessive lubricating and rea laxing
qualities of the oyl . 62. Woods in decoction do not seem to yield fo ripe and
elaborate a ...
of the acid spirit in distillation , which vellicating and contracting as a stimulus
might have proved a counterpoife to the excessive lubricating and rea laxing
qualities of the oyl . 62. Woods in decoction do not seem to yield fo ripe and
elaborate a ...
Page 64
This is otherwise called by chemists , ens primum , or the native spio rit , whereon
depend , and wherein are contained , the peculiar favour and odour , the specific
qualities and virtues of the plant . 137. Thefe native spirits or vegetable souls ...
This is otherwise called by chemists , ens primum , or the native spio rit , whereon
depend , and wherein are contained , the peculiar favour and odour , the specific
qualities and virtues of the plant . 137. Thefe native spirits or vegetable souls ...
Page 127
They allowed of mechanical principles , but actuated by soul or mind : they
distinguished the primary qualities in bodies from the secondary , making the
former to be physical causes , and they understood physical causes in a right
sense : they ...
They allowed of mechanical principles , but actuated by soul or mind : they
distinguished the primary qualities in bodies from the secondary , making the
former to be physical causes , and they understood physical causes in a right
sense : they ...
Page 153
And Plotinus , in the sixth book of his second Ennead , observes that heat and
other qualities are not qualities in the things themselves , but acts : that heat is not
a quality , but act , in the fire : that fire is not really what we perceive in the ...
And Plotinus , in the sixth book of his second Ennead , observes that heat and
other qualities are not qualities in the things themselves , but acts : that heat is not
a quality , but act , in the fire : that fire is not really what we perceive in the ...
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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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