Volume 1

The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science / [Edited] By the Rev. Edward Polehampton [assisted by distinguised writers in the various departments].

  • Polehampton, Edward (Edward Thomas William), 1777?-1830.
Date:
1817
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Credit: The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science / [Edited] By the Rev. Edward Polehampton [assisted by distinguised writers in the various departments]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pours abounding with this salt, which attaches itself to their inner sides, and forms there a crust, that in time increases to a consider- able thickness. I have seen with pleasure at Naples the effects of these two methods; and it is expected they will be still more pro- ductive, when some alterations suggested by persons well acquainted with this business have been made. Formerly sulphur was extracted from the crater of this volcano; but the small quantity of it, and the low price of the commodity, have caused this labour to be abandoned. [Spalanxani.] END OF VOL. I. R. Wilks, Printer, 8t», Chancery-lane.