Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters.

  • John Wall
Date:
[1757]
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Credit: Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    much it is diluted ; and of what: kind it moft probably muft be; will eafily reconcile this feeming Con¬ tradiction. The Aqua Sulphurata of the Shops, which is fo ftrongly impregnated with the volatile Gas of Sulphur (to which the mineral Spirit feems to be analogous) and probably alfo with feme of the hea¬ vier Acid, will not very perceptibly ferment with Salt of Tartar, and hardly curdles Milk. How much lefs Rieafon then is there to expeCt a manifeft Fermentation, where the Acid is fo much purer, and fo greatly diluted ? But conlidering that a brifk Agi¬ tation is fometimes neceflary to pro¬ duce a vifible Ebullition. I took a clean Phial Bottle ; and having half fill’d it with Water at the Spout, I immediately added a few Drops of Lixivium Tartar! to it, and clofing