Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... thought myself indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on this low , but useful theme led to far- ther inquiries , and thofe on to others remote , per ...
... thought myself indifpenfably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their caufes , my thoughts on this low , but useful theme led to far- ther inquiries , and thofe on to others remote , per ...
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... thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees ...
... thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to walk in groves of pine trees ...
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... thought to be the oil of the bark infpiffated by the fun . As it iffues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the fun or by fire . · 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping ...
... thought to be the oil of the bark infpiffated by the fun . As it iffues from the tree it is liquid , but becomes dry and hard being condensed by the fun or by fire . · 19. According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by stripping ...
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... thought to answer the panniculus adipofus in animals , defending trees from the wea- ther , and , when in fufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and ...
... thought to answer the panniculus adipofus in animals , defending trees from the wea- ther , and , when in fufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and ...
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... thought , that each particular down , being origi- nally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that fort ; by which means fo many vari- ous juices are fecreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be ...
... thought , that each particular down , being origi- nally imbued with it's own proper juice , attracts none but that fort ; by which means fo many vari- ous juices are fecreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be ...
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