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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That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent prevent the flame from bursting forth in which case the ( 8 )
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent prevent the flame from bursting forth in which case the ( 8 )
Page 60
Homberg is the pure salt , salt , the principle , in it felf similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
Homberg is the pure salt , salt , the principle , in it felf similar and uniform , but
never found alone , And although this principle be called the salt of the earth , yet
it should seem it may more properly be called the salt of the air , since earth
turned ...
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Hence also it appears , why the dividing of earth , so as to enlarge it ' s surface ,
whereby it may admit more acid from the air , is of such use in promoting
vegetation : And why ashes , lime , and burnt clay are found so profitable
manures , fire ...
Hence also it appears , why the dividing of earth , so as to enlarge it ' s surface ,
whereby it may admit more acid from the air , is of such use in promoting
vegetation : And why ashes , lime , and burnt clay are found so profitable
manures , fire ...
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... accounts for the watery acids making earthy corpuscles soluble in water , by
supposing the acid to be a mean between earth and water , its particles greater
than those of water , and less than those of earth , and strongly to attract both .
... accounts for the watery acids making earthy corpuscles soluble in water , by
supposing the acid to be a mean between earth and water , its particles greater
than those of water , and less than those of earth , and strongly to attract both .
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Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . All
the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a spirit residing in the oil ,
called the Rector or Arch¿us . This is otherwise called by chemists , ens primum
...
Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . All
the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a spirit residing in the oil ,
called the Rector or Arch¿us . This is otherwise called by chemists , ens primum
...
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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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