Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
... bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in ...
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... bodies . But the chemistry of 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 structure of trees and plants by ...
... bodies . But the chemistry of 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 structure of trees and plants by ...
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... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
... bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs , breathing out excrementitious vapours , and draw- ing in alimentary ; yet it feems probable , that the reciprocal actions of repulfion and ...
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... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed 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 . ( 6 ) ...
... bodies , animal , vegetable and foffil , is supposed 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 . ( 6 ) ...
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... bodies we know from which general aggregate or mafs , thofe that are proper being drawn in , through the fine veffels of the leaves , branches , and ftem of the tree , undergo in it's various organs , new alterations , fecretions , and ...
... bodies we know from which general aggregate or mafs , thofe that are proper being drawn in , through the fine veffels of the leaves , branches , and ftem of the tree , undergo in it's various organs , new alterations , fecretions , and ...
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