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 plant , but alfo , 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 alfo , 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 raife 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 raife 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 specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt ...
... fame earth and air . 42. The balfam or effential oil of vegetables contains a spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt ...
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... fame plant by fer- mentation . 45. Light impregnates air ( a ) , air impregnates vapour ; and this becomes a watery juice by diftil- lation having rifen firft in the cold ftill with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water ...
... fame plant by fer- mentation . 45. Light impregnates air ( a ) , air impregnates vapour ; and this becomes a watery juice by diftil- lation having rifen firft in the cold ftill with a kindly gentle heat . This fragrant vegetable water ...
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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