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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... feemeth fo furely calculated to do good to the body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician fails of his harmony . And in our present state , the operations of the mind , fo far depend on the right ...
... feemeth fo furely calculated to do good to the body , that both must be gainers . For if the lute be not well tuned , the musician fails of his harmony . And in our present state , the operations of the mind , fo far depend on the right ...
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... feemeth only it's recep- tacle or vehicle . It is obferved by chemifts , that all forts of balfamic wood afford an acid fpirit , which is the volatile oily falt of the vegetable : Herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues ...
... feemeth only it's recep- tacle or vehicle . It is obferved by chemifts , that all forts of balfamic wood afford an acid fpirit , which is the volatile oily falt of the vegetable : Herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues ...
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... feemeth an acid fo thoroughly concocted , fo gentle , bland , and temperate , and withal a fpirit fo fine and volatile , as readily to enter the smallest veffels , and be affi- milated with the utmost ease . 49. If any one were minded ...
... feemeth an acid fo thoroughly concocted , fo gentle , bland , and temperate , and withal a fpirit fo fine and volatile , as readily to enter the smallest veffels , and be affi- milated with the utmost ease . 49. If any one were minded ...
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... feemeth to be no acid more gentle than this , obtained by the fimple affufion of cold water ; which carries off from the fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo speak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities ...
... feemeth to be no acid more gentle than this , obtained by the fimple affufion of cold water ; which carries off from the fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo speak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities ...
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... feemeth to be only an aggregate of the volatile parts of all natural beings , which variously combined and agitated produce many various effects . Small particles in a near and clofe fituation ftrongly act upon each other , attracting ...
... feemeth to be only an aggregate of the volatile parts of all natural beings , which variously combined and agitated produce many various effects . Small particles in a near and clofe fituation ftrongly act upon each other , attracting ...
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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