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 19
... vegetables , consists of oily , aqueous , and faline particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by the economy of the plant ...
... vegetables , consists of oily , aqueous , and faline particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by the economy of the plant ...
Page 20
... vegetable foul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun ... vegetables feem to depend upon the fun's light , as much as colours . As in the production of the later , the ...
... vegetable foul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) abides the action of the fun , and attracting the fun ... vegetables feem to depend upon the fun's light , as much as colours . As in the production of the later , the ...
Page 21
... vegetables contains a spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave ... vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the ...
... vegetables contains a spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave ... vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the ...
Page 22
... vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and tafte of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it , artificial chemiftry falling short of the natural ...
... vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and tafte of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it , artificial chemiftry falling short of the natural ...
Page 23
... vegetable : Herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues , and by the trials I have made it appears , that the ( a ) Sect . 7. ( b ) Sect . 42 , 44 . T I acid fpirit in tar - water , poffeffeth the virtues acid ( 23 ) fragrant ...
... vegetable : Herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues , and by the trials I have made it appears , that the ( a ) Sect . 7. ( b ) Sect . 42 , 44 . T I acid fpirit in tar - water , poffeffeth the virtues acid ( 23 ) fragrant ...
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