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 58
... immediate vehicle is an exceeding thin volatile oil , which is itfelf detained in a groffer and more vifcid re- fin or balfam , lodged in proper cells in the bark and feeds , and moft abounding in autumn or win- ter , after the crude ...
... immediate vehicle is an exceeding thin volatile oil , which is itfelf detained in a groffer and more vifcid re- fin or balfam , lodged in proper cells in the bark and feeds , and moft abounding in autumn or win- ter , after the crude ...
Page 67
... immediately and principally depends . What that is , though men are not agreed , yet it is agreed it must be the fame thing that fupports the vital and the common flame ; it being found that when air , by often breathing in it , is ...
... immediately and principally depends . What that is , though men are not agreed , yet it is agreed it must be the fame thing that fupports the vital and the common flame ; it being found that when air , by often breathing in it , is ...
Page 70
... immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the first natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh- ty agent is every where at hand , ready to break ...
... immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the first natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh- ty agent is every where at hand , ready to break ...
Page 73
... immediate phyfical caufe of their mo- tion . So likewife in the mundane fyftem , a mind prefides , but the immediate , mechanical , or in- ftrumental caufe , that moves or animates all it's parts , is the pure elementary fire or fpirit ...
... immediate phyfical caufe of their mo- tion . So likewife in the mundane fyftem , a mind prefides , but the immediate , mechanical , or in- ftrumental caufe , that moves or animates all it's parts , is the pure elementary fire or fpirit ...
Page 74
... immediately on pure fire , fo pure pure fire fire operates immediately on air . That is , the abrasions of all terreftrial things being rendered volatile and elaftic by fire ( f ) and at the fame time leffening the volatility and ...
... immediately on pure fire , fo pure pure fire fire operates immediately on air . That is , the abrasions of all terreftrial things being rendered volatile and elaftic by fire ( f ) and at the fame time leffening the volatility and ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe