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D)\ TeNxNEy's Account of Several Medicinal Sjjrinr/s 



pirits 



It is likewise well known, that tlies 



Ck 



waters will 



burst any 



earthen t 



Lind force their way 



any wooden cask, in which they are enclosed 



This mal 



impossible to transpor 



any considerable quantit}' 



even 



the smallest d 



P 



of the 



fixed 



b 



previously discharged. If they remain exposed to the atmos 



pi 



the whole will soon be separated, after which they 



become dead and vapid. 



Considering the vast quantity of fixed a^^ contained in these 

 waters^ it is probable that the chalybeate is the strongest of 

 the kind yet discovered. That it is highly impregnated^, is 

 evident by the taste. The fixed air, however, so far pre- 

 dominates, as to disguise, in a great measure, its disagreeable 



How 



far the large quantity of saturated calcareous earth which 

 they contain, may affect their medicinal 



sweetness, and prevents its nauseating the stomach. 



prope 



must 



be left to be determined by future observations. ' 



The want of a proper apparatus put it out of my power fo 

 make such an analysis of the waters, as to determine In what 



proportion the several substances are combined 



ith them 



eral 



springs. There are also some other 



ances, worthy the attention 



app 



f a pfliilosopher, which, for 



It may afford an anrreeable 



I could not enter into an investigation ■ of. 



m of 



prosecute these 



ability and leisure, to 



wish, that some such 



world may be favoured with a full and 



these curiosities 



to any gentleman 



uquiries. I sincerely 



ould undertake the task; that the 



of 



This 



