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Page 202
... acids , salts , and alkalies Air the common seminary of all vivifying principles Air , of what it consists . · 121 126-128 129-136 , 227 137-144 145-151 , 195-197 Pure æther or invisible fire , the Spirit of the Universe , which ...
... acids , salts , and alkalies Air the common seminary of all vivifying principles Air , of what it consists . · 121 126-128 129-136 , 227 137-144 145-151 , 195-197 Pure æther or invisible fire , the Spirit of the Universe , which ...
Page 208
... acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile salt . Water is a menstruum that dissolves all sorts of salts , and draws them from their subjects . Tar , therefore , being a balsam , its salutary acid is extracted by water ; which yet is ...
... acid spirit , which is in truth a volatile salt . Water is a menstruum that dissolves all sorts of salts , and draws them from their subjects . Tar , therefore , being a balsam , its salutary acid is extracted by water ; which yet is ...
Page 212
... diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid spirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the 212 SIRIS : A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL.
... diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid spirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the 212 SIRIS : A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL.
Page 218
... acid spirit , or vegetable soul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) , abides the action of the sun , and , attracting the sunbeams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as to become a most noble medicine such is the last ...
... acid spirit , or vegetable soul ( as perhaps it may not improperly be called ) , abides the action of the sun , and , attracting the sunbeams , is thereby exalted and enriched , so as to become a most noble medicine such is the last ...
Page 221
... acid spirit , which is the volatile oily salt of the vegetable ; herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues ; and , by the trials I have made , it appears that the acid spirit in tar- water possesseth the virtues , in an ...
... acid spirit , which is the volatile oily salt of the vegetable ; herein are chiefly contained their medicinal virtues ; and , by the trials I have made , it appears that the acid spirit in tar- water possesseth the virtues , in an ...
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