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 112
... mechanical principles , or otherwife than by recourse to a mind or spiritual agent ( b ) . Nor will it fuffice from prefent phænomena and effects , through a chain of natural causes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in ...
... mechanical principles , or otherwife than by recourse to a mind or spiritual agent ( b ) . Nor will it fuffice from prefent phænomena and effects , through a chain of natural causes , and fubordinate blind agents , to trace a divine in ...
Page 113
... mechanical prin ciples whatever ? And if not , what should hinder but there may be specific medicines , whofe opera tion depends not upon mechanical principles , how much foever that notion hath been exploded of late years ? 239. Why ...
... mechanical prin ciples whatever ? And if not , what should hinder but there may be specific medicines , whofe opera tion depends not upon mechanical principles , how much foever that notion hath been exploded of late years ? 239. Why ...
Page 114
... mechanical principles . For although the general known laws of motion are to be deem- ed mechanical , yet peculiar motions of the infenfible parts , and peculiar properties depending thereon , are occult and fpecific . 240. The words ...
... mechanical principles . For although the general known laws of motion are to be deem- ed mechanical , yet peculiar motions of the infenfible parts , and peculiar properties depending thereon , are occult and fpecific . 240. The words ...
Page 116
... mechanical principles of fize , figure , and the like that is by Sir Ifaac Newton , than Defcartes . And natural philofophers excel , as they are more or lefs acquainted with the laws and methods obferved by the author of nature . 244 ...
... mechanical principles of fize , figure , and the like that is by Sir Ifaac Newton , than Defcartes . And natural philofophers excel , as they are more or lefs acquainted with the laws and methods obferved by the author of nature . 244 ...
Page 118
... mechanical philofophers , that the true way of proceeding in their fcience is , from known motions in nature to inveftigate the moving forces . Forafmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor belongs to any corporeal thing ( f ) ; nor yet ...
... mechanical philofophers , that the true way of proceeding in their fcience is , from known motions in nature to inveftigate the moving forces . Forafmuch as force is neither corporeal , nor belongs to any corporeal thing ( f ) ; nor yet ...
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