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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... nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain and acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a ...
... nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain and acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a ...
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... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or lefs , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or lefs , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
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... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preserve from ...
... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preserve from ...
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... nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inasmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
... nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inasmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
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... 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 leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
... 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 leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
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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