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 70
... . The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane fyftem , ( a ) 139 , 149 , 151 , as as the proper real agent and caufe . And that ( 70 )
... . The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane fyftem , ( a ) 139 , 149 , 151 , as as the proper real agent and caufe . And that ( 70 )
Page 71
... experiment or reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155 ...
... experiment or reason , of any other agent or efficient cause than mind or fpirit . When therefore we speak of cor- poreal agents or corporeal caufes , this is to be un- derstood in a different , fubordinate , and improper fenfe . 155 ...
Page 74
... experiment of fixed falts operating one way , notwithstanding the difference of their angles . The original particles productive of odours , flavours , and other proper- ties , as well as of colours , are , one may fufpect , all ...
... experiment of fixed falts operating one way , notwithstanding the difference of their angles . The original particles productive of odours , flavours , and other proper- ties , as well as of colours , are , one may fufpect , all ...
Page 90
... experiment of Monfieur Homberg , who made gold of mercury , by introducing light into its pores , but at fuch trouble and expence , that I fuppofe no body will try the experiment for pro- fit . By this junction of light and mercury ...
... experiment of Monfieur Homberg , who made gold of mercury , by introducing light into its pores , but at fuch trouble and expence , that I fuppofe no body will try the experiment for pro- fit . By this junction of light and mercury ...
Page 91
... experiment it fhould feem , the phof- phorus burns equally , with and without air . 197. Perhaps they who hold the oppofite fides in this question , may be reconciled by obferving that air is in reality nothing more than particles of ...
... experiment it fhould feem , the phof- phorus burns equally , with and without air . 197. Perhaps they who hold the oppofite fides in this question , may be reconciled by obferving that air is in reality nothing more than particles of ...
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