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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The leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks ,
and allowed to be antiscorbutic and diuretic . But the most elaborate juice , salt ,
and spirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whose virtues extend not to
...
The leaves and tender tops of pine and fir are in our times used for diet - drinks ,
and allowed to be antiscorbutic and diuretic . But the most elaborate juice , salt ,
and spirit of those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whose virtues extend not to
...
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Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and refin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic particles .
Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and refin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balsamic particles .
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Jonstonus in his Dendrographia , is of opi . nion , that pitch was anciently made of
cedar , as well as of the pine and fir grown old and oily . Ic should seem indeed
that one and the same word was used by the ancients in a large sense , so as to
...
Jonstonus in his Dendrographia , is of opi . nion , that pitch was anciently made of
cedar , as well as of the pine and fir grown old and oily . Ic should seem indeed
that one and the same word was used by the ancients in a large sense , so as to
...
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The next best from the silver fir and pitch pine . 21 . Turpentine is on all hands
allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it ' s infusion contain those
virtues . Tar water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from
what ...
The next best from the silver fir and pitch pine . 21 . Turpentine is on all hands
allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it ' s infusion contain those
virtues . Tar water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from
what ...
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Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it ' s finell . ... But thus much is certain , that the medicinal
virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines and firs .
Particularly ...
Pliny supposed amber to be a resin , and to distil from some species of pine ,
which he gathered from it ' s finell . ... But thus much is certain , that the medicinal
virtues of amber are to be found in the balsamic juices of pines and firs .
Particularly ...
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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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