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 53
... folar heat , becoming in orderly fucceffion with the feafons an oil , a balfam , and at laft a refin . And it is obferved by chemifts , that turpentine diffolved over a gentle fire , is , by the conftant operation of heat , fucceffively ...
... folar heat , becoming in orderly fucceffion with the feafons an oil , a balfam , and at laft a refin . And it is obferved by chemifts , that turpentine diffolved over a gentle fire , is , by the conftant operation of heat , fucceffively ...
Page 58
... folar light . The fpirit itfelf is by fome fuppofed to be an oil highly fubtilized , fo as to mix with water . But fuch volatile oil is not the fpirit , but only it's vehicle . Since aromatic oils , be- ing long expofed to air , will ...
... folar light . The fpirit itfelf is by fome fuppofed to be an oil highly fubtilized , fo as to mix with water . But fuch volatile oil is not the fpirit , but only it's vehicle . Since aromatic oils , be- ing long expofed to air , will ...
Page 64
... folar 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 ...
... folar 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 ...
Page 90
... folar light . From all which it may be con- cluded , that bodies attract and fix the light , whence it fhould feem , as fome have obferved , that fire without burning is an ingredient in many things , as water without wetting . 194. Of ...
... folar light . From all which it may be con- cluded , that bodies attract and fix the light , whence it fhould feem , as fome have obferved , that fire without burning is an ingredient in many things , as water without wetting . 194. Of ...
Page 96
... folar light is not fixed in any fubject : Laftly , because it contracts and expands it felf fo eafily without collifion , condensation , rarefaction , or delay throughout the vastest space . These rea- fons are given by Ficinus , in his ...
... folar light is not fixed in any fubject : Laftly , because it contracts and expands it felf fo eafily without collifion , condensation , rarefaction , or delay throughout the vastest space . These rea- fons are given by Ficinus , in his ...
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