Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
Page 16
... Some difference indeed there is learned men , concerning the proper use parts of vegetables . But whether the d have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or much is certain , that there are innume and curious parts in a vegetable body , an ...
... Some difference indeed there is learned men , concerning the proper use parts of vegetables . But whether the d have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or much is certain , that there are innume and curious parts in a vegetable body , an ...
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... Some think an Ery ! the Plague differ only in degree . If fo fhould be useful in the Plague , for I hav cure an Eryfipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleanfing , healing famic , is good in all disorders of the uri ges , whether obftructed ...
... Some think an Ery ! the Plague differ only in degree . If fo fhould be useful in the Plague , for I hav cure an Eryfipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleanfing , healing famic , is good in all disorders of the uri ges , whether obftructed ...
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... Some as there have fup Some feafes in the re- 94. BUE 94. But thus much is certain , the cure of the fcurvy is no more to be attempted by ftrongly active medicines than ( to ufe the fimilitude of an ingenious writer ) a thorn in the ...
... Some as there have fup Some feafes in the re- 94. BUE 94. But thus much is certain , the cure of the fcurvy is no more to be attempted by ftrongly active medicines than ( to ufe the fimilitude of an ingenious writer ) a thorn in the ...
Page 73
... some t vifi- mar- that e fame vill en t , and s of the cidental ft ano to an ains , or feen in the the focus of a burning glass , till fubjects for it to act upon it come in it's way , when it is found to melt , calcine , or vitrify the ...
... some t vifi- mar- that e fame vill en t , and s of the cidental ft ano to an ains , or feen in the the focus of a burning glass , till fubjects for it to act upon it come in it's way , when it is found to melt , calcine , or vitrify the ...
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