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 59
... pure by cold wa- ter . 124. The mild native acids are obferved more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the ftrongeft acid . fpirits produced by a vehement fire and it may be fufpected , they ...
... pure by cold wa- ter . 124. The mild native acids are obferved more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the ftrongeft acid . fpirits produced by a vehement fire and it may be fufpected , they ...
Page 69
... Fire feems the most elaftic and expansive of all bodies . It communicates this quality to moist vapours and dry exhalations , when it heats and a- gitates their parts , cohering closely with them ... pure invifible fire , the moft ( 69 )
... Fire feems the most elaftic and expansive of all bodies . It communicates this quality to moist vapours and dry exhalations , when it heats and a- gitates their parts , cohering closely with them ... pure invifible fire , the moft ( 69 )
Page 70
... pure invifible fire , the moft fubtile and elastic of all bodies , feems to pervade and expand it felf throughout the whole univerfe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that ...
... pure invifible fire , the moft fubtile and elastic of all bodies , feems to pervade and expand it felf throughout the whole univerfe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that ...
Page 71
... pure æther , fire , or the fubftance of light ( c ) which is applied and de- termined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm or universe , with unlimited power , and according to ftated rules ; as it is in the microcofm , with limited ...
... pure æther , fire , or the fubftance of light ( c ) which is applied and de- termined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm or universe , with unlimited power , and according to ftated rules ; as it is in the microcofm , with limited ...
Page 72
... pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in various manners , where a fubject offers to employ or determine its ...
... pure fpirit or invifible fire is ever ready to exert and fhew itself in its effects ( d ) , cherishing , heating , fermenting , diffolving , fhi- ning and operating in various manners , where a fubject offers to employ or determine its ...
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