Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 11796 |
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... experiments , undirected by theory , are only a blind feeling ; theory , without experiments , is a deceitful and uncertain vifion . - It was thus that this fagacious philofopher directed men in the true path of fcience , and banished ...
... experiments , undirected by theory , are only a blind feeling ; theory , without experiments , is a deceitful and uncertain vifion . - It was thus that this fagacious philofopher directed men in the true path of fcience , and banished ...
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... experiments on air and fire , which he publifhed in German ; and in those experiments we find alfo the discovery of vital air , called by Mr. SCHEELE , Empyreal air ; both of whom appear wholly unacquainted with each other's discovery ...
... experiments on air and fire , which he publifhed in German ; and in those experiments we find alfo the discovery of vital air , called by Mr. SCHEELE , Empyreal air ; both of whom appear wholly unacquainted with each other's discovery ...
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... experiments as be- fore related , and re - combined the 2 ELASTIC FLUIDS , which he had feparately obtained in the two experiments of calcination and reduction , viz . the 84 cubical inches of the AZOTIC AIR , and the 14 cubical inches ...
... experiments as be- fore related , and re - combined the 2 ELASTIC FLUIDS , which he had feparately obtained in the two experiments of calcination and reduction , viz . the 84 cubical inches of the AZOTIC AIR , and the 14 cubical inches ...
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abſorb æther affume alfo almoſt alſo AMMONIAC animal ARTERIES atmoſpheric air attraction AZOTIC AIR BEDDOES blood bodies cafe calcination calomel caloric calx CARBONIC ACID cauſe charcoal chemical chemifts chemiſtry cloſe colour combuftion common air compofed compofition confequence confiderable decompofition difcovered diminiſhed diſcovery diſeaſe elaſtic eſtabliſhed exiſtence experiments fame fays feems feparated fhall fhew fhould firft firſt FIXED AIR fluid fome foon ftate ftomach fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fulphur fyftem glaſs heat himſelf Hofpital HOLWELL hydrogen increaſed inflammable inflammable air itſelf jalap laſt lefs lungs mephitic mercury metallic moſt muſt nitrous acid obferved occafion oxyd OXYGEN AIR paffed particles perfons phænomena philofopher PHLOGISTON PHOSPHORUS phyſician preſent PRIESTLEY principle proceſs purpoſe putrefaction putrid fever quantity refpiration reſpect right auricle ſcience SECT ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſubſtance thefe themſelves theſe THORNTON thoſe tion tube uſe vapour veffel VITAL AIR weight whofe yellow fever