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It is observed that acid spirits prove the stronger , by how much the greater
degree of heat is required to raise them . And indeed , there seemeth to be no
acid more gentle than this , obtained by the simple affusion of cold water ; which
carries ...
It is observed that acid spirits prove the stronger , by how much the greater
degree of heat is required to raise them . And indeed , there seemeth to be no
acid more gentle than this , obtained by the simple affusion of cold water ; which
carries ...
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The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes do sometimes produce the same effect , for
instance , heat by rarefaction and cold by condenfation do both increase the air ...
The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes do sometimes produce the same effect , for
instance , heat by rarefaction and cold by condenfation do both increase the air ...
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If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter .
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify pro . miscuously
sometimes fire and sometimes air . For they distinguished two sorts of air . Plato
in the Tim¿us ...
If we may credit Plutarch , Empedocles thought ¿ther or heat to be Jupiter .
¯ther by the ancient philosophers was used to signify pro . miscuously
sometimes fire and sometimes air . For they distinguished two sorts of air . Plato
in the Tim¿us ...
Page 80
And the same author , in his tract De carnibus , after a serious preface , setting
forth that he is about to de: clare his own opinion , expresseth it in these terms : "
That which we call heat , Jequor , appears to me o something immortal , which ...
And the same author , in his tract De carnibus , after a serious preface , setting
forth that he is about to de: clare his own opinion , expresseth it in these terms : "
That which we call heat , Jequor , appears to me o something immortal , which ...
Page 102
Force or power , strickly speaking , is in the agent alone who imparts an
equivocal force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world ,
and this to the ignited body or visible fame , which produceth the sense of light
and heat .
Force or power , strickly speaking , is in the agent alone who imparts an
equivocal force to the invisible elementary fire , or animal spirit ( a ) of the world ,
and this to the ignited body or visible fame , which produceth the sense of light
and heat .
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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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