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Page 7
Now the most easy feparation is by infusion of tar in cold water , which to smell
and tatt Thewing it self well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and retain
the most pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable ballam , 9. Tar was by
...
Now the most easy feparation is by infusion of tar in cold water , which to smell
and tatt Thewing it self well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and retain
the most pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable ballam , 9. Tar was by
...
Page 15
Exhaling vessels for carrying off excrementitious parts , are discovered
throughout the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so
well agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears a cir>
circulation ...
Exhaling vessels for carrying off excrementitious parts , are discovered
throughout the whole surface of the vegetable . And ( though this point be not so
well agreed ) doctor Grew in his Anatomy of plants , thinks there appears a cir>
circulation ...
Page 16
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Page 17
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the sap circulates in plants
as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk ,
into ...
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the sap circulates in plants
as the blood in animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk ,
into ...
Page 18
The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on
all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to perform all
forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all ...
The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , earth , and water , and on
all sorts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed to perform all
forts of chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all ...
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| Title | Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
| Author | George Berkeley (bp. of Cloyne.) |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 juuni 2008 |
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