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 12
... it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from ... it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind ...
... it's weight in filver , if we may credit Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from ... it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind ...
Page 13
... it's remotenefs from water - carriage , is of fmall value . What we call the Scotch fir is falfly fo called , being in truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on ...
... it's remotenefs from water - carriage , is of fmall value . What we call the Scotch fir is falfly fo called , being in truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on ...
Page 14
... it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have seen close fhorn hedges . 27. There feems to have been fome confufion in the naming of these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient ...
... it's fitness to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have seen close fhorn hedges . 27. There feems to have been fome confufion in the naming of these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient ...
Page 17
... it's afcent by the arterial veffels , and fecreted for the feveral ufes of the vegetable throughout all it's parts , ftem , branches , leaves , flowers , and fruit . Others deny : this circulation , and affirm that the fap doth not ...
... it's afcent by the arterial veffels , and fecreted for the feveral ufes of the vegetable throughout all it's parts , ftem , branches , leaves , flowers , and fruit . Others deny : this circulation , and affirm that the fap doth not ...
Page 18
... it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again ...
... it's force , if it be confidered , that the fuppofed circulating of the fap , from the root or lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again ...
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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