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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Therefore tar - water , not being impregnated with resin , may be safely used in
inflammatory cases : and in fact it hath been found an admirable febrifuge , at
once the fafest cooler and cordial . 8 . The volatile falts separated by infusion from
tar ...
Therefore tar - water , not being impregnated with resin , may be safely used in
inflammatory cases : and in fact it hath been found an admirable febrifuge , at
once the fafest cooler and cordial . 8 . The volatile falts separated by infusion from
tar ...
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And though the resin will not diffolve in water , yet the fubtile oil , in which the
vegetable falts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which
contains both oil and salt . And as the oil in tar - water discovers - itfelf to the eye ,
so ...
And though the resin will not diffolve in water , yet the fubtile oil , in which the
vegetable falts are lodged , may as well mix with water as vinegar doth , which
contains both oil and salt . And as the oil in tar - water discovers - itfelf to the eye ,
so ...
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It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their acrimony being sheathed in oil ,
and thereby approaching the nature of neutral salts , are more benign and
friendly to the animal fy - ' stem : and more effectually , as , by the help of a
volatile ...
It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their acrimony being sheathed in oil ,
and thereby approaching the nature of neutral salts , are more benign and
friendly to the animal fy - ' stem : and more effectually , as , by the help of a
volatile ...
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Therefore the asperity of tartarous falts , and the fiery acrimony of alcaline falts ,
irritating and wounding the nerves , produce nascent passions and anxieties in
the soul ; which both aggravate distempers , and render mens lives restless and ...
Therefore the asperity of tartarous falts , and the fiery acrimony of alcaline falts ,
irritating and wounding the nerves , produce nascent passions and anxieties in
the soul ; which both aggravate distempers , and render mens lives restless and ...
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Those volatile falts , that are set free and raised by a gentle heat , may justly be
supposed essential ( a ) , and to have pre - existed in the vegetable ; whereas the
lixivial fixed salts obtained by the incineration of the subject , whose natural ...
Those volatile falts , that are set free and raised by a gentle heat , may justly be
supposed essential ( a ) , and to have pre - existed in the vegetable ; whereas the
lixivial fixed salts obtained by the incineration of the subject , whose natural ...
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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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