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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... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
... fame inten- tions . Theophraftus faith the best refin or turpen- tine is got from the Terebinthus growing in Syria and fome of the Greek islands . The next beft from the Qlver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed ...
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... fame plant , but also , the endless variety of juices drawn and formed out of the fame foil , by various fpecies of vegetables ; which must therefore differ in an endless variety , as to the texture of their abforbent veffels and fe ...
... fame plant , but also , the endless variety of juices drawn and formed out of the fame foil , by various fpecies of vegetables ; which must therefore differ in an endless variety , as to the texture of their abforbent veffels and fe ...
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... fame time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the fap ; till it per- fpires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs ...
... fame time that it heats , doth wonderfully rarefy and raise the fap ; till it per- fpires and forms an atmosphere , like the effluvia of animal bodies . And though the leaves are fuppof- ed to perform principally the office of lungs ...
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... fame juice , as it is rarefied or condensed by heat or cold , rifes and fubfides in the fame tube . I fhall not take upon me to decide this controversy . Only I cannot help obferving , that the vulgar ar- gument from analogy between ...
... fame juice , as it is rarefied or condensed by heat or cold , rifes and fubfides in the fame tube . I fhall not take upon me to decide this controversy . Only I cannot help obferving , that the vulgar ar- gument from analogy between ...
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... fame earth and air . 42. The balfam or effential oil of vegetables . contains a spirit , wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the smell and tafte of the plant . Boerhaave . holds the native prefiding spirit to be neither oil ...
... fame earth and air . 42. The balfam or effential oil of vegetables . contains a spirit , wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the smell and tafte of the plant . Boerhaave . holds the native prefiding spirit to be neither oil ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide 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