Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not ...
... Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffel¿um of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of these liquors anciently I know not ...
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... Ray informs us is procured from the knots of the filver fir ; it is fragrant and grows yellow with age : The fourth kind is common turpentine , neither tranfparent , nor fo liquid as the former ; and this Mr. Ray taketh to flow from the ...
... Ray informs us is procured from the knots of the filver fir ; it is fragrant and grows yellow with age : The fourth kind is common turpentine , neither tranfparent , nor fo liquid as the former ; and this Mr. Ray taketh to flow from the ...
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... Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of these islands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted and culti- vated with fo ...
... Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of these islands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted and culti- vated with fo ...
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... rays , by the peculiar powers of the capillary organs in vegetables , at- tracting and imbibing certain rays , which produce certain flavours and qualities , in like manner as certain rays , being reflected , produce certain co- lours ...
... rays , by the peculiar powers of the capillary organs in vegetables , at- tracting and imbibing certain rays , which produce certain flavours and qualities , in like manner as certain rays , being reflected , produce certain co- lours ...
Page 75
... rays or particles of light . And in like manner , a particular odour or flavour , feemeth to depend on peculiar particles of light or fire ( b ) ; as appears from heat's being neceffary to all vegetation whatsoever , and from the ...
... rays or particles of light . And in like manner , a particular odour or flavour , feemeth to depend on peculiar particles of light or fire ( b ) ; as appears from heat's being neceffary to all vegetation whatsoever , and from the ...
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