Morey on Mineral Watem, l^'-c a? 



water, with a portion of the gas, may be continued into an 

 aqueduct, and discharged into the bottom of a box, in which 

 they will rise up for use, with the same bubbhng appear- 

 ance as those of the natural mineral waters. Some of the 

 marble which I use appears to contain much sulphuretted 

 hidrogen,* and some iron pyrites. If the mineralized wa- 

 ter stands a day or two on these fragments of lime, it giv^es 

 the water as strong a smell and taste of this gas probably as 

 any natural spring in the world : and there is an appear- 

 ance of iron being deposited from this water by standing 

 in a glass vessel. How easy then to produce at one estab- 

 lishment, from a single spring of pure water, our choice of 

 any number of mineral waters, and those as good as any to 

 be found in nature or possibly better. 



If the vinous fermentation should be adopted for pro- 

 curing the carbonic gas, a flood of it may be procured from 

 many sources, not only without expense, but even at a 

 profit. 



But in those situations, where these waters will be most 

 wanted, and where they are much the most useful, I know 

 of no reason why an abundant supply of the gas, ready 

 formed, may not always be had, and that without expense— 

 I allude to breweries. At as many of these as is neces- 

 sary (where there is steam or other power) it will be but to 

 avail ourselves of a forcing pump to drive the gas, as formed 

 and purified or from reservoirs, into suitable pipes with a 

 sufficient quantity of water, to be conducted to some pleas- 

 ant, suitable situation, far enough to have the water properly 

 impregnated, and then to be let out for use. If a greater 

 pressure than what the ground naturally affords, be wanted, 

 it is only to add at the outlet, a valve sufficiently loaded. 

 A small fountain may receive the water and Qverplus gas 

 above the valve, or they may be drawn below. 



It appears necessary, that where the gas is disengaged 

 from limestone, the vessel containing that and the diluted 

 acid should in some way be agitated, so as to shift the posi- 



* It is doubtless one of those fetid although crystaline and decidedly primi- 

 tive lime stones, which have been .found repeatedly of late in this country : 

 their existence must give rise to interesting geological speculations. Is the 

 sulphuretted hidrogen, from Which fetor is probably derived, owing to the 

 decomposition of pyrites by moisture? Pyrites often exists in primitive 

 rocks, but animal bones never.' — Editor. 



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