A treatise on the waters of Harrogate, and its vicinity / [Adam Hunter].

  • Hunter, Adam, 1794-1843.
Date:
[1845?]
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Credit: A treatise on the waters of Harrogate, and its vicinity / [Adam Hunter]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    diversity of earths, quarries of slone, minerals, anif mines of metals, and all this at a very small dis- tance ; for here we have white and yellow marhle, plaister, oker or rubric free-stone, hard grit-stone, a soft reddish stone, iron stone, brimstone, vitriol, nitre, alum, lead, copper, and many other minerals might be found out by the diligent and ingenious. All which demonstrate that nature has stored this little territory with a greater diversity of hidden benefits than great and spacious countiies; and that the fountains hereabouts must partake of their nature and properties. Succeeding writers have by no means been con- tented with this ample list ; almost every one entitling himself to the terms “diligent and in- genious,” by adding a favourite substance or two. Dr. French gives “alabaster, and a glittering sand which yields some gold the late Dr. Walker furnishes his quota in “selenitical crystals and coal. ” After this glowing picture of mineral wealth, the following slight sketch, for which I am chiefly indebted to that eminent geologist. Professor Phillips, will appear extremely meagre, having nothing but facts and the recent improve- ments in the science to recommend it. The lowest rock in the country, within twenty miles of Harrogate to the west, is the carboniferous