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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Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper
use of certain parts of vegetables . ... that there are innumerable fine and curious
parts in a vegetable body , and a wonderful similitude or analogy between the ...
Page 17
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in
plants as the blood in animals : . that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
It seems very considerable and altogether necessary , as well to vegetable as
animal life . . 34 . It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in
plants as the blood in animals : . that it ascends through capillary arteries in the
trunk ...
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And here it is to be noted , that the volatile sale and spirit of vegetables do , by .
gently stimulating the solids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote
secretions , and that they are penetrating and active , contrary to the general ...
And here it is to be noted , that the volatile sale and spirit of vegetables do , by .
gently stimulating the solids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote
secretions , and that they are penetrating and active , contrary to the general ...
Page 58
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific smell and
taste , which fly off with the spirit or vegetable falt , without any sensible
diminution of the oil . 122 . Those volatile falts , that are set free and raised by a
gentle heat ...
Since aromatic oils , being long exposed to air , will lose their specific smell and
taste , which fly off with the spirit or vegetable falt , without any sensible
diminution of the oil . 122 . Those volatile falts , that are set free and raised by a
gentle heat ...
Page 60
But earth itself is not soluble in water , so as to form one vegetable fluid therewith
. Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to diffolve in water ; that so , in the form of a vegetable
...
But earth itself is not soluble in water , so as to form one vegetable fluid therewith
. Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they
must become falts in order to diffolve in water ; that so , in the form of a vegetable
...
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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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