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An ANALYSIS of the WATERS of twe 
MINERAL SpRiNnGs at Lemington Priors, 
near Warwick ; including Experiments tend- 
ing to elucidate the Origin of the Muriatic 
Acid. By Wiii1am Lanse, om. a. late 
Fellow of St. Fohn's College, Cambridge. 
Communicated by Dr, Houme. 
READ OcT. 6, & oct. 23, 1797. 
ur many analyses of waters have been recently 
presented to the public, many of them distinguish- 
ed by the skill and accuracy with which they have 
been conducted, that some apology may be deemed 
necessary for offering these papers to the notice of 
the Society of Manchester. It will appear that 
many facts occurred in the course of the ensuing 
investigation, which cannot be explained upon any 
of the chemical principles with which I am acquaint- 
ed; and that some attention was requisite to avoid 
deception from imperfect resemblances. This 
made it necessary to elucidate the subject by some 
experiments particularly adapted to the purpose; and 
these have led to consequences which I apprehend 
to be important, and some of them of very exten- 
sive application. I have thought, therefore, that an 
attempt, however imperfect, to improve this useful 
