An enquiry into the contents, virtues, and uses, of the Scarborough. Spaw-waters: with the method of examining any other mineral-water / By Peter Shaw.

  • Peter Shaw
Date:
1734
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Credit: An enquiry into the contents, virtues, and uses, of the Scarborough. Spaw-waters: with the method of examining any other mineral-water / By Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *4 Articles of E NQfU IRE. Part ] 21. This Article tends to begin the Analyfi of the Water ; as it may Ihew what Parts ar exhalable by Heat, or feparable by Cold. Article 19. What Phenomena, or Alterations, does the Watt manifeft upon adding a fuitable variety of Thing to it with a view to difcover its Contents ? 22. This Article is of large extent ; and re quires to be profecuted with diligence, and ex adtnefs. But the Foundation of the Procedur Ihou’d be laid down, and the Validity of th Experiments fhewn, before any Conclufions ar drawn from them'. Article 20. What Suhftances are the Waters refolvable into, b an exabl chemical Analyfis ? 25. This Article, duly profecuted, may prov eminently ferviceable, or perhaps fatisfadtory, i the prefent Enquiry; as tending to Ihew bot the volatile and fix’d Contents of the Water, different Seafons; with their refpedtive Propor tions. Virtues, andUfesk. Article 2i. Wherein does this Water differ from other Miner 1 Waters, of kin thereto j fuppofe thofe of th German-Spaw, Pyrmont, Tunbridge, &c 24. This Article, relating to the Comparath Hiftory of the Water, fhou’d be profecuted ti fome remarkable, and effential Difference, c Correfpondence, appears. Article 22. Can the Water be imitated by Art, or recompoft from its own feparated Parts ? 25. The Anfwer here will have a great dc pendance upon the juftnefs, or exadtnefs, of tl: 4 See hereafter. Sett. IV. k See below, ScttAVt V. Analyfi