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 16
Some difference indeed , there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that , there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Some difference indeed , there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that , there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Page 28
It is granted , that oyl and acid salts combined together exist in vegetables , and
that confequently there are acid soaps as well as alcaline . And the fa ponaceous
nature of the acid vegetable fpirits , is what renders them so diuretic , fudorific ...
It is granted , that oyl and acid salts combined together exist in vegetables , and
that confequently there are acid soaps as well as alcaline . And the fa ponaceous
nature of the acid vegetable fpirits , is what renders them so diuretic , fudorific ...
Page 58
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fimell and
taste , which fly off with the spirit or vegetable falt , without any sensible
diminution of the oil . 122. Those volatile salts , that are set free and raised by a
gentle heat ...
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific fimell and
taste , which fly off with the spirit or vegetable falt , without any sensible
diminution of the oil . 122. Those volatile salts , that are set free and raised by a
gentle heat ...
Page 60
But earth it felt is not foluble in water , fo as to form one vegetable fuid therewith . :
Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watty acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to diffolve in water ; that so , in the forny of ia
vegetable ...
But earth it felt is not foluble in water , fo as to form one vegetable fuid therewith . :
Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watty acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to diffolve in water ; that so , in the forny of ia
vegetable ...
Page 64
Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . ...
Thefe native spirits or vegetable souls are all breathed or exhaled into the air ,
which seems the receptacle as well as source of all sublunary forms , the great
mass ...
Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . ...
Thefe native spirits or vegetable souls are all breathed or exhaled into the air ,
which seems the receptacle as well as source of all sublunary forms , the great
mass ...
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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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