A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner.
- Turner, George, M.D.
- Date:
- 1734
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I 10] infinite number of fmali pearles or bubbles riling in the glafs, and which are in greater number when the glafs is thruft with violence into the well, and the air is thereby forced into the glafs under the water, for then they rife with a noife, and like a vapour above the edge of the glafs, fo that if you hold the glafs over againft you, your face will be fprinkled with the particles of the water. It is commonly believed by water-drinkers, that thefe riling pearles and bubbles are the fpirituous or fubtileft parts of the water, and contain all the Virtue of it, fo that they fwallow it down with great hafte, that they may not lofe the virtue of it; but if you take up the water out of the well foftly, and not thruft the glafs into it with violence, then there is little motion to be feen in the water, and yet there is the fame quantity of Spi¬ rits in it; fo that it is the air that occafions this commotion in the water, and all thefe pearles and bubbles are fo many particles of air, which being fhut up in the glafs extricate themfelves out of the water, and fo occafion that commotion, but the fpirituoufnefs of this water is the reafon why the air mixes more eafily and plentifully with it than with other water. The water is clear as chryftal, only you may obferve fome fmali appearance of a milk colour in it, which diftinguifhes it from common wa¬ ter y when the water is firft taken up, this appears but very little, but fhows it felf more and more : every hour, when it is put into an open glafs and ! expofed to the open air, and fo much the fafter ; the warmer the place is. This milk colour after¬ wards changes into reddifh, troubled, or muddy clouds, wherewith the fteel Separates it felf, and fhows it felf above like a finning glittering [kin. The !](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30778827_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
