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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... produce all thofe falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
... produce all thofe falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their ...
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... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
... produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed they were used in medicine , though at prefent , for ought I can find , they are not used at all . 15. From the manner ...
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... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine ... produced, 10-17 18-19.
... produce fruit and refin , but the former only in its youth , the latter in its old age . 20. Turpentine is a fine ... produced, 10-17 18-19.
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... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best , balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
... produced it , for double it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best , balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the ...
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... produce the best and pureft tar : And the Idaan pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have observed , between the tar that ...
... produce the best and pureft tar : And the Idaan pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have observed , between the tar that ...
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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