Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But ...
... pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But ...
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... pure falts are colourlefs . And though the refin 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 falt . And as the oil ...
... pure falts are colourlefs . And though the refin 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 falt . And as the oil ...
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... pure by cold wa . ter . 124. The mild native acids are observed more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the strongest acid fpirits produced by a vehement fire ; and it may be fufpected , they ...
... pure by cold wa . ter . 124. The mild native acids are observed more kindly to work upon , and more thoroughly to diffolve , metallic bodies , than the strongest acid fpirits produced by a vehement fire ; and it may be fufpected , they ...
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... pure falt , falt the principle , in it felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone . And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince ...
... pure falt , falt the principle , in it felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone . And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince ...
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... pure , but hath always fulphur joined with it , and is claffed by the difference of its ful- phurs , whether mineral , vegetable , or animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives ...
... pure , but hath always fulphur joined with it , and is claffed by the difference of its ful- phurs , whether mineral , vegetable , or animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives ...
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