Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
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... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanism . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by ...
... bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the most exquifite mechanism . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by ...
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... bodies , by the fyftole and diaft heart , the alternate expanfion and cond the air , and the ofcillations in the memb tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means panded and contracted in the trachea made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is ...
... bodies , by the fyftole and diaft heart , the alternate expanfion and cond the air , and the ofcillations in the memb tunicks of the veffels ; even fo by means panded and contracted in the trachea made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is ...
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... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
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... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil to perform all forts of chemical operati it fhould follow , that the air conta chemic productions , the vapours , fum ( b ) 29 . ( a 30 , 31 : d by tube . erfy . ar ar- imals , ( 18 )
... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil to perform all forts of chemical operati it fhould follow , that the air conta chemic productions , the vapours , fum ( b ) 29 . ( a 30 , 31 : d by tube . erfy . ar ar- imals , ( 18 )
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