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 46
But as this acrimony proceeds from different causes , or even opposite , as acid
and alkaline , what is good in one sort of scurvy proves ... And four fruits and
vegetables produce a like effect in the scurvy , caused by an acid acrimony .
Hence ...
But as this acrimony proceeds from different causes , or even opposite , as acid
and alkaline , what is good in one sort of scurvy proves ... And four fruits and
vegetables produce a like effect in the scurvy , caused by an acid acrimony .
Hence ...
Page 60
The acid is allowed to be the cause of fermentation in all fermented liquors . Why
therefore , may it not be supposed to ferment the earth , and to constitute that fine
penetrating principle , which introduces and assimilates the food of plants , and ...
The acid is allowed to be the cause of fermentation in all fermented liquors . Why
therefore , may it not be supposed to ferment the earth , and to constitute that fine
penetrating principle , which introduces and assimilates the food of plants , and ...
Page 61
acid , a . fertile , is to cause many of it ' s particles to assume a faline form . 128 .
Hence it is observed , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more salts
in vegetables during the spring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude saline ...
acid , a . fertile , is to cause many of it ' s particles to assume a faline form . 128 .
Hence it is observed , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more salts
in vegetables during the spring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude saline ...
Page 62
But it feems very difficult to conceive , how , or why the mere configuration of
daggers and sheaths , floating in the same liquor , should cause the former to
rush with such vehemence , and direct their points so aptly into the latter , any
more ...
But it feems very difficult to conceive , how , or why the mere configuration of
daggers and sheaths , floating in the same liquor , should cause the former to
rush with such vehemence , and direct their points so aptly into the latter , any
more ...
Page 70
... fo subtile and penetrating in it ' s nacure , fo extensive in it ' s effects , it seemeth
no 0ther than the vegetative soul or vital spirit of the world . · 153 . The animal
fpirit in man is the inftrumental or physical cause both of sense and motion .
... fo subtile and penetrating in it ' s nacure , fo extensive in it ' s effects , it seemeth
no 0ther than the vegetative soul or vital spirit of the world . · 153 . The animal
fpirit in man is the inftrumental or physical cause both of sense and motion .
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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 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 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, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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