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
... some learned men have supposed , be the cause of muscular motion , by a mere impulfe of the nerves communicated from the brain to the mem- branes of the muscles , and thereby to the enclosed æther , whofe expanfive motion , being by ...
... some learned men have supposed , be the cause of muscular motion , by a mere impulfe of the nerves communicated from the brain to the mem- branes of the muscles , and thereby to the enclosed æther , whofe expanfive motion , being by ...
Page 94
... some certain proportion , or fome peculiar parts of æther , is not eafy to fay . But thus much feems plain , that whatever is afcribed to acid may be also ascribed to fire or æther . The particles of æther fly a fun- der with the ...
... some certain proportion , or fome peculiar parts of æther , is not eafy to fay . But thus much feems plain , that whatever is afcribed to acid may be also ascribed to fire or æther . The particles of æther fly a fun- der with the ...
Page 99
... some obfervers of nature , that the fine glandular veffels admit from the common mass of the blood , only fuch juices as are homogeneous to thofe , with which they were originally imbued . How they came to be fo imbued doth not appear ...
... some obfervers of nature , that the fine glandular veffels admit from the common mass of the blood , only fuch juices as are homogeneous to thofe , with which they were originally imbued . How they came to be fo imbued doth not appear ...
Page 108
... Some corpufcularian philofophers of the laft age , have indeed attempted to explain the for- mation of this world and its phænomena , by a few fimple laws of mechanifm . But if we confider the various productions of nature , in the mine ...
... Some corpufcularian philofophers of the laft age , have indeed attempted to explain the for- mation of this world and its phænomena , by a few fimple laws of mechanifm . But if we confider the various productions of nature , in the mine ...
Page 110
... Some bodies approach together , others fly afunder , and perhaps fome others do neither . When falt of tartar flows per deliquium , it is vifi- ble that the particles of water floating in the air ( a ) 160 . ( 6 ) 155 . are are moved ...
... Some bodies approach together , others fly afunder , and perhaps fome others do neither . When falt of tartar flows per deliquium , it is vifi- ble that the particles of water floating in the air ( a ) 160 . ( 6 ) 155 . are are moved ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial 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 phænomena 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 Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ