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 9
From the manner of procuring car ( 6 ) it plainly appears to be a natural
production , lodged in the vesels of the tree , whence it ... The trees , like old men
, being unable to perspire , and their secretory ducts obstructed , they are , as one
may fay ...
From the manner of procuring car ( 6 ) it plainly appears to be a natural
production , lodged in the vesels of the tree , whence it ... The trees , like old men
, being unable to perspire , and their secretory ducts obstructed , they are , as one
may fay ...
Page 10
Liquid refin is properly an oily viscid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees
, either spontaneously or by incision . It is thought to be the oil of the bark
inspiffated by the fun , As , it issues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and
hard ...
Liquid refin is properly an oily viscid juice oozing from the bark of evergreen trees
, either spontaneously or by incision . It is thought to be the oil of the bark
inspiffated by the fun , As , it issues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and
hard ...
Page 12
There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all
evergreen trees , which recains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and . verdure ;
the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity , causeth other plants to droop and
...
There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all
evergreen trees , which recains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and . verdure ;
the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity , causeth other plants to droop and
...
Page 14
There seems to have been some confusion in the naming of these trees , as well
among the ancients as the moderns , . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by
later authors applied very differently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not ...
There seems to have been some confusion in the naming of these trees , as well
among the ancients as the moderns , . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by
later authors applied very differently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not ...
Page 20
It is remarked by Theophrastus , that all plants and trees while they put forth have
most humour , but when they have ceased to germinate and bear , then the
humour is strongest and most thewech the nature of the plant , and that ,
therefore ...
It is remarked by Theophrastus , that all plants and trees while they put forth have
most humour , but when they have ceased to germinate and bear , then the
humour is strongest and most thewech the nature of the plant , and that ,
therefore ...
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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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