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Together they compose a medium , whose elasticity . is less than that of pure
¿ther , fire , or spirit , in proportion to the quantity of salts , vapours , and
heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no
such thing as a ...
Together they compose a medium , whose elasticity . is less than that of pure
¿ther , fire , or spirit , in proportion to the quantity of salts , vapours , and
heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no
such thing as a ...
Page 77
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify pro . miscuously
sometimes fire and sometimes air . ... Plato in the Tim¿us speaking of air , faith
there are two kinds , the one more fine and subtile , called ¿ther ; the other more
gross and ...
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify pro . miscuously
sometimes fire and sometimes air . ... Plato in the Tim¿us speaking of air , faith
there are two kinds , the one more fine and subtile , called ¿ther ; the other more
gross and ...
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The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeace all bodies , even the hardest and
most solid , as the diamond . This alone , therefore , cannot , as some learned
men have supposed , be the cause of muscular motion , by a mere impulse of the
...
The pure invisible fire or ¿ther doth permeace all bodies , even the hardest and
most solid , as the diamond . This alone , therefore , cannot , as some learned
men have supposed , be the cause of muscular motion , by a mere impulse of the
...
Page 94
What this may be , whether some certain proportion , or some peculiar parts of
¿ther , is not easy to say . But thus much seems plain , that whatever is ascribed
to acid may be also ascribed to fire or ¿ther . The particles of ¿ther fly asunder ...
What this may be , whether some certain proportion , or some peculiar parts of
¿ther , is not easy to say . But thus much seems plain , that whatever is ascribed
to acid may be also ascribed to fire or ¿ther . The particles of ¿ther fly asunder ...
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pears in cantharides and lixivial salts , is a caustic ; caustics are fire ; therefore
acid is fire ; therefore ¿ther is fire ; and if fire , light . , We are not therefore
obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a finer and more
exquisite ...
pears in cantharides and lixivial salts , is a caustic ; caustics are fire ; therefore
acid is fire ; therefore ¿ther is fire ; and if fire , light . , We are not therefore
obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a finer and more
exquisite ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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