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Better by far , the whole present set of distillers were pensioners of the public ,
and their trade abolished by law . ; since all the benefit thereof put together would
not balance the hundredth part of its mischief . 108 . To prove the destructive ...
Better by far , the whole present set of distillers were pensioners of the public ,
and their trade abolished by law . ; since all the benefit thereof put together would
not balance the hundredth part of its mischief . 108 . To prove the destructive ...
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of taking , I never knew any evil ensue from its being continued ever so long ; but
, on the con trary , many and great advantages , which sometimes would not
perhaps begin to fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . i
111 .
of taking , I never knew any evil ensue from its being continued ever so long ; but
, on the con trary , many and great advantages , which sometimes would not
perhaps begin to fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . i
111 .
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its meaning . It may fuffice to have made this declaration once for all , in order to
avoid mi . stakes . . 156 . The calidum innatum , the vital Rame , or animal spirit in
man is supposed the cause of all motions , in the several parts of his body ...
its meaning . It may fuffice to have made this declaration once for all , in order to
avoid mi . stakes . . 156 . The calidum innatum , the vital Rame , or animal spirit in
man is supposed the cause of all motions , in the several parts of his body ...
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Of this there cannot be a better proof , than the experiment of Monsieur Homberg
, who made gold of mercury , by introducing light into its pores , but at such
trouble and expence , that I fuppose no body will try the experiment for profit . By
this ...
Of this there cannot be a better proof , than the experiment of Monsieur Homberg
, who made gold of mercury , by introducing light into its pores , but at such
trouble and expence , that I fuppose no body will try the experiment for profit . By
this ...
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Gold itself , the most solid of all metals , seems to have far more pores than solid
parts , from water being pressed through it in the Florentine experiment , from
magnetic effluvia passing , and from mercury entering its pores so freely . And it is
...
Gold itself , the most solid of all metals , seems to have far more pores than solid
parts , from water being pressed through it in the Florentine experiment , from
magnetic effluvia passing , and from mercury entering its pores so freely . And it is
...
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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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