Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or less , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of those vegetables are the fame in ...
... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or less , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of those vegetables are the fame in ...
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... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the firft running or tar was called , cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preferve from ...
... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the firft running or tar was called , cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preferve from ...
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... nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the moft exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
... nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inafmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the moft exquifite mechanifm . Those who have examined the ftructure of trees and plants by microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
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... nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
... nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
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... nature , which addeth to the force of 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 ...
... nature , which addeth to the force of 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 ...
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abfolute acid Ægyptians æther æthereal 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 phænomena 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 Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe