A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water / [A. Fothergill].

  • Anthony Fothergill
Date:
1788
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Credit: A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water / [A. Fothergill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C ] Its Author, having no intereft to ferve either in depre¬ ciating the water, or exaggerating Its virtues—no particular theory to fupport—nor any obje61: in view—except that of truth, has often indeed been obliged to controvert certain doctrines which had hitherto been implicitly received as facred oracles. / In attempting, however, to point out the errors of others, he is by no means forgetful of his own; butfhall, at all times, be ready to rectify any overfight that may have efcaped him in the following pages. Confcious of the difficulty of the undertaking, and the fallacy to which experiments of this nature are liable, he claims further indulgence to render the prefent analyfis complete. If, in the interim, it fhould tend but to advance the knowledge of waters in general^ or contribute in any degree towards a more rational and fuccefsful ufe of this water in particular^ his principal aim is accompliftied, and his time fully compenfated. I CONTENTS.
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