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inserted a translation of Dr. Mayow's Analysis of the Early examina- 



Cath Waters, for the purpose of refuting it ; and in his ?j°^ ^^ ^^« 

 w ... ^^,.. ,. VI. J. -t Bath watcrg. 



zeal to support his own analysis, m which he asserted 



that the Bath Waters contained nitre and sulphur, he 



has preserved Dr. Mayow's analysis, which, even at this 



enlightened period of chemical science, must beestejemed 



as a superior production. On reading it I was impressed 



with the idea that it would be interesting to many of your 



scientific readers, who may not have seen the work I 



allude to. 



How far Dr. Mayow understood the oxydation of me- 

 tals his own words will shew; nor will any unprejudiced 

 reader suppose that thcj thread of science was broken in 

 his hand. 



Dr. Mayow's Analysis was published in the Latin lan- 

 guage, which 1 have not seen ; but it is rather an ad- 

 vantage to general readers to have a translation in the 

 vernacular language, and being translated by a cotempo- 

 rary, though a rival Physician, may in some degree assisK 

 in fixing our ideas of the meaning of the author. 



Since writing the above, Dr. Gebbes' excellent analysis 

 of the Bath Waters has come to hand ; his judicious re- 

 marks on Dr. Mayow's Analysis preclude me from offer- 

 ing any further observations, except, that by Dr. May- 

 ow's Analysis I was led to understand that the Bath 

 Waters contained iron in a pure state, which is since cor- 

 roborated by Dr. Gibbes' late communication to your 

 excellent Journal. I shall now give the whole chapter 

 from Mr. Guidott's work; wherein is inserted Dr. May- 

 ow's Analysis. 



CHAP. II. 



*' The Opinion of a late Author concerning the Nature joh. Mayow, 

 of the Baths of Bathe, UUT>, & M.b. 



" And here I cannot but take notice of a novel writer, 

 who magesterially thus determines : Quod ad nitrum ct 

 sulphur attinet^ quibus Thermas Bathonienses imbutas 

 esse hactenus creditum est, eorum neutrum aquis thermae ' 



rumistarum solutum esse arbitror: As to zehat concerns 

 nitre and sulphur zeith which the JSaths of Bathe have 



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