Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic ...
... Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic ...
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... Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum .. Ray will have this to be the fame with the ...
... Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum .. Ray will have this to be the fame with the ...
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... Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with those I find afcribed to the ...
... Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with those I find afcribed to the ...
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... Pliny's account , yield fo much refin as the fir trees . Several fpecies of both are accurately described and delineated by the na- turalifts . But they all agree fo far as to feem related . Theophraftus gives the preference to that ...
... Pliny's account , yield fo much refin as the fir trees . Several fpecies of both are accurately described and delineated by the na- turalifts . But they all agree fo far as to feem related . Theophraftus gives the preference to that ...
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... Pliny , yields much refin , loves a cold and mountainous fituation , and is di- ftinguished , tonfili facilitate , by it's fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen close fhorn hedges . 27. There seems ...
... Pliny , yields much refin , loves a cold and mountainous fituation , and is di- ftinguished , tonfili facilitate , by it's fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen close fhorn hedges . 27. There seems ...
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