Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... These confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their ...
... These confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their ...
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... these turpentines are useful in the 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 ...
... these turpentines are useful in the 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 ...
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... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
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... these islands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted and culti- vated with fo little advantage , while the cedar of Lebanon might perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines ...
... these islands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted and culti- vated with fo little advantage , while the cedar of Lebanon might perhaps be raised , with little more trouble , and much more profit and ornament . 26. The pines ...
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... these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . * 59 . 1 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulace the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found ...
... these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . * 59 . 1 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulace the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found ...
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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