Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain an acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a ...
... nature . But it is to be noted , that all balfams contain an acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a ...
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... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or lefs , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
... nature is highly prejudicial to them . 10. It seems that tar and turpentine may be had more or lefs , from all forts of pines and firs what- foever ; and that the native fpirits and effential falts of thofe vegetables are the fame in ...
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... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preferve from ...
... natural production , lodged in the veffels of the tree , whence it is only freed and let loofe ( not made ) by burning . If we may believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of fuch efficacy to preferve from ...
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... 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 microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
... 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 microscopes , have difcovered an admira ...
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... nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
... nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ambient heterogeneous fluid called air , is ...
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