Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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Page 8
... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of thofe trees ...
... fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular : he tells us the Mace- donians made huge heaps of the cloven trunks of thofe trees ...
Page 10
... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
... fire . 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine ...
Page 18
... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , carth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to ...
... fire , the most delicate , various , and artificial percolation ( b ) . The inceffant action of the fun upon the elements of air , carth , and water , and on all forts of mixed bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to ...
Page 19
... fire and pre - exifting juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : efpecially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
... fire and pre - exifting juices , fhould fo alter the fine nourishment drawn from earth and air ( a ) , as to produce various fpecific qualities of great effica- cy in medicine : efpecially if it be confidered that in the opinion of ...
Page 34
... know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct duct of culinary fire , will not think it incredible ( 34 ) 73. They who know the great virtues of com- ...
... know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct duct of culinary fire , will not think it incredible ( 34 ) 73. They who know the great virtues of com- ...
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