The nature and qualities of Bristol water : illustrated by experiments and observations, with practical reflections on Bath waters, occasionally interspersed / by A. Sutherland.

  • Sutherland, Alexander, -1773
Date:
1788
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    [ 7° ] ter; and thus impregnated, they are poured out on the face of the earth. Hence the variety of medicated Waters, according to the fubftances of which the Pyrite confifts. Chalybeate, Sulphureous, Vitriolic, Alu- minous, &c. Hence are Waters hot, cold, or temperate, according to th^ir diftancc from the bed of Pyrite. Some Waters are impregnated, without being heated, and fome are limply herted, without being im- pregnated, this depends upon various cir- cumftances. To the heated Pyrite, may the heat of Mineral Waters in general be afcribed. To the exhalations arifmg from this Mineral heated, may be afcribed, the Volatile Frinr-. ciples, the Pnlo^jlon, and the Acid demon- llirated ir. Waters. To the latter, the folu- XionoiEartb, as well as of Salts. THE V