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 Jud¿a 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 Jud¿a 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 fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen close thorn 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 fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen close thorn 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 return ...
... 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 return ...
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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