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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Page 11
The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness , but Providence hath made the
most useful things most common . Among those liquid oily extracts from trees and
shrubs , which are termed balsams , and valued for medicinal virtues , tar may ...
The folly of man rateth things by their scarceness , but Providence hath made the
most useful things most common . Among those liquid oily extracts from trees and
shrubs , which are termed balsams , and valued for medicinal virtues , tar may ...
Page 14
... by the discovery of many new species of that evergreen tribe , growing in
various parts of the globe . But dercriptions are not so easily ; misapplied as
names . Theoprastus tells us , that witus differetb from wo'rn , among other things
, in that it ...
... by the discovery of many new species of that evergreen tribe , growing in
various parts of the globe . But dercriptions are not so easily ; misapplied as
names . Theoprastus tells us , that witus differetb from wo'rn , among other things
, in that it ...
Page 15
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peo . ripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analysis of bodies . But che chemistry of nature is much
more ...
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peo . ripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analysis of bodies . But che chemistry of nature is much
more ...
Page 23
... in all plants ; that , therefore , which differenceth a plant or makes it what it is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the .. chemists or schools , is none of
those things , nor yet the finest oil , which feemeth only it's receptacle or vehicle .
... in all plants ; that , therefore , which differenceth a plant or makes it what it is ,
the native spark or form , in the language of the .. chemists or schools , is none of
those things , nor yet the finest oil , which feemeth only it's receptacle or vehicle .
Page 39
... from an internal cause ; , which was performed on a servant of my own , by
prescribing the copious and constant use of tar - water for a few weeks . From my
reprefenting tar - water as good for so many things , some perhaps may conclude
...
... from an internal cause ; , which was performed on a servant of my own , by
prescribing the copious and constant use of tar - water for a few weeks . From my
reprefenting tar - water as good for so many things , some perhaps may conclude
...
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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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