Hastings considered as a resort for invalids / [James Mackness].

  • Mackness, James, 1804-1851.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Hastings considered as a resort for invalids / [James Mackness]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    four feet from the surface, in a vessel at one hun- dred paces from the shores,—the condensed liquid, evaporated to one-third of its bulk, produced no effect upon the above-mentioned re-agents. “ M. Roubaudi then, with some variation in the mode of making the experiment, attempted to determine the extent to which the saline particles of the sea are carried from the shore; and, from various experiments, he concluded,— “1st, That the air on the sea-shore, and over the sea, contains neither muriatic acid nor muriates. “2d, That, when the sea is rough, and especially _ when the wind is violent, particles of sea water, in a state of great tenuity, float in the air, especially on the shore where the waves break; and that these particles are carried to greater or less distances according to the violence of the wind and the degree to which the sea is agitated. “3d, That, without attempting to determine the distance with great precision, it may be admitted, that, at Nice, where the south wind is seldom violent, the saline particles are rarely carried more than one hundred paces inland.” —Journal de Pharmacie. * Heimbstadt found, in the month of April, on the shore of the Baltic, five feet above the level of
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