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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But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the stomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an ...
But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the stomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an ...
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It shou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophrastus might have been mistaken , in rendering worn by pinus , as well as Jonstonus , who likewise takes the pine for the way of Theoprastus . Hardouin will have the pinus of Pliny ...
It shou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophrastus might have been mistaken , in rendering worn by pinus , as well as Jonstonus , who likewise takes the pine for the way of Theoprastus . Hardouin will have the pinus of Pliny ...
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... and deposited in certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen .
... and deposited in certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen .
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Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit to be neither oil , salt , earth , or water ; but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the eye . This when suffered to fly off , for instance , from the oil ...
Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit to be neither oil , salt , earth , or water ; but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the eye . This when suffered to fly off , for instance , from the oil ...
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And the fa ponaceous nature of the acid vegetable fpirits , is what renders them so diuretic , fudorific , penetrating , abstersive and resolving . Such , for instance , is the acid spirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues seem ...
And the fa ponaceous nature of the acid vegetable fpirits , is what renders them so diuretic , fudorific , penetrating , abstersive and resolving . Such , for instance , is the acid spirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues seem ...
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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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