A treatise on the Bath waters: wherein are discover'd the several principles of which they are compos'd; the cause of their heat; and the manner of their production / [Rice Charleton].

  • Rice Charleton
Date:
1754
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Credit: A treatise on the Bath waters: wherein are discover'd the several principles of which they are compos'd; the cause of their heat; and the manner of their production / [Rice Charleton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >8 ] 4 of Agitation or Ferment in the Wa- 4 ter, caufing the mineral Particles there- 4 by to dihntangle themfelves from the ‘ Water, and to coalelce into new Com- 4 binations of fo much larger Size as 4 difqualih.es them to be any longer 4 fufpended in the Water ; they then 4 precipitating to the bottom and fides 4 of the Bottles, partly in the form of 4 a yellowifh Ocre, and partly in cloudy 4 Flocks or Thrumbs. Where theAir is fecluded, no change of this kind enfues ; nor does it happen to a Water with which fome acid Spirits have been mixed ; thefe being repug¬ nant to any putrid Agitation which that reftlefs Element can excite %. Belides it J Acid Spirits, befides their Power of preventing any putrid Agitation in the Water, have Bill a further one which greatly contributes to preferve its tinging Properties, and that is their keeping the Chaiybeat Principle Sufficiently diffolved, attenua¬ ted, and mixed with the Water : And hence, by dropping Spirit of Sulphur, or Spirit of Vitriol, into the Bath Waters, I have preferved their tinging Properties for a great length of Time, tho’ the Bottles in which they were kept have been corked only in a common manner. Without thefe acid Spirits, the Waters are intirely deprived of them in a few Days. IS
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