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JOURNAL 



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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



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THE ARTS. 



OCTOBER, 1802 



ARTICLE I. 



Obfervations upon fome remarkable Welh near the Sea Coaji at 

 Bnghthelmjlone, and other Places contiguous. Bj/ the Rev. 

 W. Pearson, P. R. J. From the Author. 



IN Fifher's " Defcription of Brighthelmftone, and the adj a- The wells near 

 cent country/' (p. 38, fourth edition) it is faid that " water is BrigM****** 

 procured at Brighton from wells of confiderable depth, and empty at high 

 being filtered through chalk, of which thefe parts are one im- water » and fuU 

 menfe rock, it is of courfe perfectly cleared of every fpecies 

 of foulnefs. The following phenomenon is obfervable in fe- 

 verat of thefe wells ; at the time of high water they are empty, 

 and at low ivater they are full;" likewife under the article Rot- at Rottingdean. 

 tingdean of the fame pamphlet we read, " On the road to 

 Newhaven, at the diftance of near four miles from Bright- 

 helmftone, lies the pleafant and delightful village of Rotting- 

 dean. This place is remarkable for its wells, which are nearly^ 

 empty at high water, but which rife as the tide declines. Thefe 

 aflertions appeared on perufal fo lingular, that I formed a de- 

 termination of availing myfelf of the opportunity which a tem- 

 porary vifit to this fafliionable bathing place gave me in the 

 month of July laft, of examining how far the abatements in 

 queftion are accurate; accordingly I obtained a plumb line, 

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