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Page 340
... rarefactions thereof , is a point of first importance both for contemplation and practice . Seeing therefore that it is a thing of all others the most fundamental and universal , we must gird ourselves up to deal with it ; for indeed ...
... rarefactions thereof , is a point of first importance both for contemplation and practice . Seeing therefore that it is a thing of all others the most fundamental and universal , we must gird ourselves up to deal with it ; for indeed ...
Page 357
... rarefactions . I now pass on to dilatations and swellings in bodies from the native spirit ( whether they be natural , as they call them , or preternatural ) , without fire or manifest external heat ; though in these cases also there ...
... rarefactions . I now pass on to dilatations and swellings in bodies from the native spirit ( whether they be natural , as they call them , or preternatural ) , without fire or manifest external heat ; though in these cases also there ...
Page 367
... rarefaction and version into a pneumatic body , and next of condensation and restoration into a tangible body , as the heat slackens and the vapour is driven back . 3. In distillations the actions of dilatation and condensation are not ...
... rarefaction and version into a pneumatic body , and next of condensation and restoration into a tangible body , as the heat slackens and the vapour is driven back . 3. In distillations the actions of dilatation and condensation are not ...
Page 368
... rarefaction and con- densation be entirely prevented , and the operation of the heat confined within the barriers of the body itself . For this Proteus of matter will perhaps by this means be mana- cled and forced to turn itself into ...
... rarefaction and con- densation be entirely prevented , and the operation of the heat confined within the barriers of the body itself . For this Proteus of matter will perhaps by this means be mana- cled and forced to turn itself into ...
Page 370
... rarefactions produced by actual heat I must pass on to the dilatations and relaxations pro- duced by the remission of strong and intense cold ; for the remission itself should be regarded as a comparative heat . The History ...
... rarefactions produced by actual heat I must pass on to the dilatations and relaxations pro- duced by the remission of strong and intense cold ; for the remission itself should be regarded as a comparative heat . The History ...
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