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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    C *9 ] end, it mu ft be premifed that Iron powerfully attracts Acids ; and that Brimftone is compofed of an Acid Spi¬ rit, a Bitumen and an Alcaline Part.— When thefe two Bodies then come into dole contact, a iolution of the Iron, by the Acid Spirit of the Brimftone, imme¬ diately commences. By this means, that Metal, is converted into a Salt or Vitriol; which Salt or Vitriol makes the Chalybeat Principle of the Bath Waters. When the Acid Spirit is thus fcpara- ted from the Brimftone, its Bituminous and Alcaline Parts only remain : The former of which being rendered foluble in Water by the Afiiftance of the latter, conftitutes the Sulphureous Principle of the Bath Waters, f—Hence we fee it is f Cette Balfam tire du foufFre commun a une odeur grate Sc balfameque.—Ana’yfe du Souffre par M. Honiherg.—Memoirs de S' Acad. Royal, An. 1703. im-
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