Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 93
... should not be quite fixed , by the loofe particles of air , which combining and cohering therewith may bring it down , and qualify it for intercourfe with groffer things . Pure fire may be faid to animate air , and air other things ...
... should not be quite fixed , by the loofe particles of air , which combining and cohering therewith may bring it down , and qualify it for intercourfe with groffer things . Pure fire may be faid to animate air , and air other things ...
Page 94
... should feem , that the fulphur of Homberg and the acid of fir Ifaac are at bottom one and the fame thing , to wit , pure fire or ¿ther . 203. The vital flame or ¿thereal fpirit , being attracted and imprisoned in groffer bodies ...
... should feem , that the fulphur of Homberg and the acid of fir Ifaac are at bottom one and the fame thing , to wit , pure fire or ¿ther . 203. The vital flame or ¿thereal fpirit , being attracted and imprisoned in groffer bodies ...
Page 96
... should arrive at every other eye without juftling , repel- ling , and confounding each other . 208. But these difficulties may be got over by confidering in the first place , that visible points are not mathematical points , and ...
... should arrive at every other eye without juftling , repel- ling , and confounding each other . 208. But these difficulties may be got over by confidering in the first place , that visible points are not mathematical points , and ...
Page 101
... should feem in most cafes the best and safest course . Great evacuations weaken nature as well as the disease . And it is to be feared that they who use falivations and copious bleedings may , though they fhould re- cover of the ...
... should feem in most cafes the best and safest course . Great evacuations weaken nature as well as the disease . And it is to be feared that they who use falivations and copious bleedings may , though they fhould re- cover of the ...
Page 105
... Should not therefore gravity feem the original property and firft fuppofed ? On the other hand , if force be confidered as prefcinded from gravity and mat- ter , and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an ...
... Should not therefore gravity feem the original property and firft fuppofed ? On the other hand , if force be confidered as prefcinded from gravity and mat- ter , and as existing only in points or centers , what can this amount to but an ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul 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 ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ