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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    [ ] where it is of the greateft Warmth, raifes the Mercury to 103 degrees; and links it from thence, in its cooleft Part, to 100. The Thermometer ftands in the Hot- Bath at 100, or io 1. The different degrees of Heat in the Crofs-Bath, are 93 and 94. / • The Heat of the Queen’s-Bath, is from 99 to 98. The Waters which are pump’d up from the Cifierns of the feveral Baths for Drinking, and which are convey’d thro' Pipes immediately from their Source, were found to be of various Degrees of Heat, at different times of Trial. Thus the Water which flows from the Pump of the Crofs-Bath, has de¬ fended from no degrees, thro’ all the
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