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
... pine , which he gathered 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 from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to ...
... pine , which he gathered 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 from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues of amber are to ...
Page 13
... pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted ...
... pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which of late years it is fo much planted ...
Page 14
... pines , and the firs yield refin or tar , but alfo the cedars and palm trees ; and the words pix and refina are taken by Pliny in fo large a fenfe as to include the weepings of the lentifcus and cypress , and the balms of Arabia and ...
... pines , and the firs yield refin or tar , but alfo the cedars and palm trees ; and the words pix and refina are taken by Pliny in fo large a fenfe as to include the weepings of the lentifcus and cypress , and the balms of Arabia and ...
Page 15
... pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that comes from Norway , and that which comes from low ...
... pines were diftinguished from those growing on the plain , as yielding a thinner , fweeter , and better fcented tar , all which differences I think I have obferved , between the tar that comes from Norway , and that which comes from low ...
Page 19
... evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and this most copiously in the feveral fpecies of pines and ( a ) 33 , C 2 Ars , firs , whofe oil being in greater quantity , and ( 19- )
... evergreen . This balfam , weeping or fweat- ing through the bark , hardens into refin ; and this most copiously in the feveral fpecies of pines and ( a ) 33 , C 2 Ars , firs , whofe oil being in greater quantity , and ( 19- )
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