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A METHOD 0/ PREPARING a SULPHUREOUS 

 MEDICINAL WATER. By the Rev. EDWARD 

 K E N N E Y. 



\^ H E M I S T S differ in opinion concerning the procefs of Read April 6, 



nature in the formation of fulphureous waters. Whilft all 



agree that fulphur by itfelf is not foluble in water, fome con- 



fider fulphureous waters as impregnated by the fumes only 



of fulphur : Others affert that thefe waters contain fulphur 



combined with an alkali ; and each party thinks, and poflibly 



juftly, that its opinion refpeding particular waters is fupported 



by the analyzation of them. Artificial fulphureous waters have 



often been prepared on the former of thefe principles ; and they 



have been prepared on the two principles combined by M. Le 



Roy of Montpellier, who applied a ftrong and continued heat - 



to water mixed with fmall quantities of fulphur and magnefia, 



until the fumes of the fulphur had ftrongly impregnated the 



water. 



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