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Page 46
... heat distinct from and exclusive of the degrees on the thermo- meter by which it is measured ? And whether this be not supposed in the reasonings of modern analysts ? Qu . 30. Whether motion can be conceived in a point of space ? And if ...
... heat distinct from and exclusive of the degrees on the thermo- meter by which it is measured ? And whether this be not supposed in the reasonings of modern analysts ? Qu . 30. Whether motion can be conceived in a point of space ? And if ...
Page 81
... heat of controversy to have mistaken and forgot your part . I beseech you , Sir , to consider that the Marquis ( whom alone , and not Sir Isaac , this double error in finding the subtangent doth concern ) rejects indeed infinitesimals ...
... heat of controversy to have mistaken and forgot your part . I beseech you , Sir , to consider that the Marquis ( whom alone , and not Sir Isaac , this double error in finding the subtangent doth concern ) rejects indeed infinitesimals ...
Page 207
... heating , and is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balsamic , but also as a powerful and safe deobstruent in cachetic and hysteric cases . As it is both healing and diuretic , it is very good for the gravel . I believe it to ...
... heating , and is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balsamic , but also as a powerful and safe deobstruent in cachetic and hysteric cases . As it is both healing and diuretic , it is very good for the gravel . I believe it to ...
Page 209
... heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience ; and particularly , that phthisical and asth- matic persons receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balsams , as all unctuous and oily ...
... heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience ; and particularly , that phthisical and asth- matic persons receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balsams , as all unctuous and oily ...
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... swampy countries . 29. Agreeable to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth homogeneous things , and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find Chemistry is fitted 214 SIRIS : A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL.
... swampy countries . 29. Agreeable to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth homogeneous things , and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find Chemistry is fitted 214 SIRIS : A CHAIN OF PHILOSOPHICAL.
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