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 59
... fire ; and it may be fufpected , they have the fame advantage as a medicine . And as no acid , by the obfervation of fome of the best chemifts , can be obtained from the fubftance of animals thoroughly affimi- lated , it fhould follow ...
... fire ; and it may be fufpected , they have the fame advantage as a medicine . And as no acid , by the obfervation of fome of the best chemifts , can be obtained from the fubftance of animals thoroughly affimi- lated , it fhould follow ...
Page 61
... fire being in reality the acid , as is proved in the fe- quel ( a ) . Marls alfo and fhells are useful , foraf- much as thofe alcaline bodies attract the acid , and raise an effervefcence with it , thereby promoting a fermentation in ...
... fire being in reality the acid , as is proved in the fe- quel ( a ) . Marls alfo and fhells are useful , foraf- much as thofe alcaline bodies attract the acid , and raise an effervefcence with it , thereby promoting a fermentation in ...
Page 64
... fire , produ- ceth within itself all forts of chemical operations , difpenfing again thofe falts and spirits in new generations , which it had received from putrefac- tions . 138. The perpetual ofcillations of this elastic and reftlefs ...
... fire , produ- ceth within itself all forts of chemical operations , difpenfing again thofe falts and spirits in new generations , which it had received from putrefac- tions . 138. The perpetual ofcillations of this elastic and reftlefs ...
Page 65
... fire is kindled , the lamp of life preferved , respiration , digeftion , nutrition , the pulfe of the heart and motion of all the muf- cles feem to be performed . Air therefore is a ge- neral agent , not only exerting its own , but ...
... fire is kindled , the lamp of life preferved , respiration , digeftion , nutrition , the pulfe of the heart and motion of all the muf- cles feem to be performed . Air therefore is a ge- neral agent , not only exerting its own , but ...
Page 68
... fire , æther , light , or the vital fpirit of the world ; in like manner as the particles of antimony , of them- felves not volatile , are carried off in fublimation and rendered volatile , by cohering with the par- ticles of fal ...
... fire , æther , light , or the vital fpirit of the world ; in like manner as the particles of antimony , of them- felves not volatile , are carried off in fublimation and rendered volatile , by cohering with the par- ticles of fal ...
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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