Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn , in his treatise on Forest trees , obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved thereby from being hurt by the invenomed teeth of goats and other ...
... animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn , in his treatise on Forest trees , obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved thereby from being hurt by the invenomed teeth of goats and other ...
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... animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire , and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes ...
... animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire , and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes ...
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... animals , And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechanifm of plants more curious than even ... animal bodies , by the fyftole and diaftole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and ...
... animals , And perhaps fome will think it not unreasonable to fuppofe the mechanifm of plants more curious than even ... animal bodies , by the fyftole and diaftole of the heart , the alternate expanfion and condenfation of the air , and ...
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... animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo- crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the ...
... animals . In which reciprocation , Hippo- crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chief- ly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the ...
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... animals lofeth much of its force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or ... animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow ...
... animals lofeth much of its force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or ... animal , vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diſcover diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feemeth fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principles produce pure raiſe reafon refiding refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe