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 |
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Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold Aeæces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um of ...
Pliny faith , it was customary for the ancients , to hold Aeæces of wool over the
steam of boiling tar , and squeeze the moisture from them , which watery
substance was called pissinum . . Ray will have this to be the same with the
piffel¿um of ...
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What we call the Scotch fir is fally so called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and
( as Mr . Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the description of a pine growing
on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of ...
What we call the Scotch fir is fally so called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and
( as Mr . Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the description of a pine growing
on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of ...
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Homberg is the pure salt , salt , the principle , in it felf similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
Homberg is the pure salt , salt , the principle , in it felf similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
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All the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a spirit residing in the
oil , called the Rector or Arch¿us . This is otherwise called by chemists , ens
primum , or the native spirit , whereon depend , and wherein are contained , " .
the ...
All the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a spirit residing in the
oil , called the Rector or Arch¿us . This is otherwise called by chemists , ens
primum , or the native spirit , whereon depend , and wherein are contained , " .
the ...
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called. out. an. learning. seeme. beset and cling to her , to rub off those covers ,
that disguise her original form , and to regain her prim¿ . val state and first
notions : Hence , that perpetual struggle to recover the lost region of light , that
ardent ...
called. out. an. learning. seeme. beset and cling to her , to rub off those covers ,
that disguise her original form , and to regain her prim¿ . val state and first
notions : Hence , that perpetual struggle to recover the lost region of light , that
ardent ...
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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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