Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous ... vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar ...
... vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous ... vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar ...
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... vegetable , the difcharge of fuperfluities , the fecretion of particular juices . They are found to have ducts anfwering to the tracheæ in animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and ...
... vegetable , the difcharge of fuperfluities , the fecretion of particular juices . They are found to have ducts anfwering to the tracheæ in animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and ...
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... vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a won- derful fimilitude or analogy between the ...
... vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a won- derful fimilitude or analogy between the ...
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... vegetable as animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the ...
... vegetable as animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the ...
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... vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31 . ( b ) 29 . and and ...
... vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31 . ( b ) 29 . and and ...
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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