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'Tis a good Symptom that we are got upon a right Scent, when it leads not only to the Thing first sought for; but also to many other useful Discoveries, as we see this does.

— Stephen Hales A Description of Ventilators (1743)

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We have... many proofs of the great force with which plants and their several branches and leaves imbibe moisture, up their capillary sap vessels: The great influence the perspiring leaves have in this work...

Vegetable Staticks (1727)

This Acid in Tar-water will curdle Milk; yet Turpentine-water will not... which shows that Tar is considerably acidulated, by the action of Fire in making.

An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-Water (1745)

Whence we may evidently see the Reason why those Liquors do so frequently cause those Obstructions and Stoppages in the Liver; which occasion the Jaundice, Dropsy, and many other fatal Diseases.

A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Gin, Brandy, and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors (1751)

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