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 44
... fix hundred and ninety - nine . That author thinks he faw fome resemblance in it to the plague of Athens , It is hard to imagine any thing more dreadful than the cafe of thofe men , rotting alive by the fcurvy in it's fupreme degree ...
... fix hundred and ninety - nine . That author thinks he faw fome resemblance in it to the plague of Athens , It is hard to imagine any thing more dreadful than the cafe of thofe men , rotting alive by the fcurvy in it's fupreme degree ...
Page 58
... fixed falts obtained , by the incineration of the fubject , whofe natural conftituent parts have been altered or deftroyed by the extreme force of fire , are by later chemifts , upon very good grounds , fuppofed not to have pre ...
... fixed falts obtained , by the incineration of the fubject , whofe natural conftituent parts have been altered or deftroyed by the extreme force of fire , are by later chemifts , upon very good grounds , fuppofed not to have pre ...
Page 68
... fixed , or generated and deftroyed , it is certain that air begins and ceases to exert or fhew itself . Much by expe- riments feems to be generated , not only from ani- mals , fruits , and vegetables , but alfo from hard bodies . And it ...
... fixed , or generated and deftroyed , it is certain that air begins and ceases to exert or fhew itself . Much by expe- riments feems to be generated , not only from ani- mals , fruits , and vegetables , but alfo from hard bodies . And it ...
Page 74
... 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 contained and blended ...
... 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 contained and blended ...
Page 75
... fixed than fire . There- fore the virtues and operations imputed to air mult be ultimately attributed to fire , as that which im- . parts activity to air itself . 164. The element of ¿thereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a ...
... fixed than fire . There- fore the virtues and operations imputed to air mult be ultimately attributed to fire , as that which im- . parts activity to air itself . 164. The element of ¿thereal fire or light feems to comprehend , in a ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ