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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... animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees obferves with wonder , that stems of trees ,. smeared over with tar , are preserved thereby from being hurt by the invenomed teeth of goats and other ...
... animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees obferves with wonder , that stems of trees ,. smeared over with tar , are preserved thereby from being hurt by the invenomed teeth of goats and other ...
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... animals , for the conveying of air , they have others anfwering to lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes . A 30 ...
... animals , for the conveying of air , they have others anfwering to lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes . A 30 ...
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... animals . And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of plants more curious than even ... animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and ...
... animals . And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to suppose the mechanism of plants more curious than even ... animal bodies , by the fyftole and diastole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condensation of the air , and ...
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... animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo- crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what fhare of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the ...
... animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo- crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what fhare of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the ...
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... animals lofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the supposed circulating of the fap , from the root . or ... animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow ...
... animals lofeth much of it's force , if it be confidered , that the supposed circulating of the fap , from the root . or ... animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute diffolved diftempers diftinct diſorders diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft firſt folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent principle produce produceth pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe