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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Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid refin is properly an oily viscid ...
Tar and all sorts of exsudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation ,
included under the name resin . Hard coarse resin or dry pitch is made from tar ,
by letting it blaze till the moisture is spent . Liquid refin is properly an oily viscid ...
Page 12
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it's smell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth
shews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus
much is ...
Page 14
This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much
resin , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is distinguished , conlili
facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce fir , whereof I
have ...
This was probably the spruce fir ; for the picea , according to Pliny , yields much
resin , loves a cold and mountainous licuation , and is distinguished , conlili
facilitate , by it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the spruce fir , whereof I
have ...
Page 28
For though it be the character of resin , which is an inspiflated grofs oyl , not to
dissolve in water ( a ) , yet the falcs attact some fine particles of essential oyl :
which fine gyl serves as a vehicle for the acid falts , and shews itself in the colour
of the ...
For though it be the character of resin , which is an inspiflated grofs oyl , not to
dissolve in water ( a ) , yet the falcs attact some fine particles of essential oyl :
which fine gyl serves as a vehicle for the acid falts , and shews itself in the colour
of the ...
Page 40
The violent operation of Ipecacuanha lies in it's resin , but the faline extract is a
gentle purge and diuretic , by the stimulus of it's falts . 85. That which acts as a
mild cordial , ( b ) neither hurting the capillary vessels as a caustic , nor affecting
the ...
The violent operation of Ipecacuanha lies in it's resin , but the faline extract is a
gentle purge and diuretic , by the stimulus of it's falts . 85. That which acts as a
mild cordial , ( b ) neither hurting the capillary vessels as a caustic , nor affecting
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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