Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous ... vegetables . Mr. Evelyn , in his treatise on Forest trees , obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with ...
... vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous ... vegetables . Mr. Evelyn , in his treatise on Forest trees , obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with ...
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... vegetable , the discharge of fuperfluities , the fecretion of particular juices . They are found to have ducts anfwering to the trachæ in animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and veins ...
... vegetable , the discharge of fuperfluities , the fecretion of particular juices . They are found to have ducts anfwering to the trachæ in animals , for the conveying of air ; they have others answering to lacteals , arteries , and veins ...
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... vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a won- derful fimilitude or analogy between the ...
... vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are innumerable fine and curious parts in a vegetable body , and a won- derful fimilitude or analogy between the ...
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... vegetable as ani- mal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the ...
... vegetable as ani- mal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the ...
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... vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a ) 30 , 31.- ( b ) 29 . and and ...
... vegetable and foffil , is fuppofed to perform all forts of chemical operations . Whence it fhould follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a ) 30 , 31.- ( b ) 29 . and and ...
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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