Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... fame quantity of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and taste ...
... fame quantity of fresh water , the veffel being fhaken and left to ftand as before . And this is repeated for every glafs , fo long as the tar continues to impregnate the water fufficiently , which will appear by the fmell and taste ...
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... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
... fame in turpentine and common tar . In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemp- tible , appears to be an excellent balfam , contain- ing the virtues of moft other balfams , which it eafily imparts ...
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... fame with the piffel¿um of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made , of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed ...
... fame with the piffel¿um of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made , of thefe liquors anciently I know not but it may be prefumed ...
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... fame word was used by the ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard ...
... fame word was used by the ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard ...
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... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the beft refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the beft refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
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abfolute acid ¯gyptians ¿ther ¿thereal alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diforders diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs mafs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved obftructions Parmenides particles perfons ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce produceth pure reafon refiding refin Sir Ifaac Newton tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe