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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... pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antifcorbutic and diuretic . But the most ... pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
... pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks , and allowed to be antifcorbutic and diuretic . But the most ... pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
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... pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe.drugs are found in ...
... pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe.drugs are found in ...
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... pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch ruti out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci ents ... pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar ...
... pine or fir , letting the tar and pitch ruti out in a channel . 14. Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci ents ... pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar ...
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... pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the funny fide two or three cubits from the ground . He obferves that a good pine might ...
... pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the funny fide two or three cubits from the ground . He obferves that a good pine might ...
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... pine . All these turpentines are useful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch ...
... pine . All these turpentines are useful in the fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch ...
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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