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j^ollon oF tht water yielded on evaporation only \<{ giains 

 of rcriJimm, o( which l-J grain was clliiiiatcd tu be muriat 

 of foda. ih to he fnlpliat of lime, and loi to be caibonat 

 of lime liflil in folution by a flifibt excefs of carbonic acid. 



The watir of Button is employed larj^dy both for ex- 

 ternal and internal ufe. Its nnifiormity of temperature and 

 the great abundance of the fupply give to Buxton uncom- 

 mon advanta.«;ts as a tepid bath. A flij,'!:! (hock of cold is 

 flit on the lirll immerlion, which is immediately fuccetded 

 ■by a very agreeable jrlow over the whole body ; and it is to 

 be obfervcd that thti (hnck is fo (light, owing to the fmall 

 d-flerence between the hat of the water and that of the 

 body, as to be borne without inconvenience by very delicate 

 and irritable habits, in whom the rougher operation of the 

 cold balh or immei(ion in the fea often occafions per- 

 manent head-ach, licknefs, languor, catarrh, and other in- 

 conveniences. 



There is not, however, the leaft reafon to fuppofe any 

 thing peculiar, or any occult falutary qualities in tlie Buxton 

 bath, more thmi in any other pure water heated to 82° and 

 confined in a (tone refervoir fo as to retain the fame tempe- 

 rature during the whole time of bathing. Therefore all the 

 regulations and medical direftions for its ufe may be entirely 

 referred to the article Bathing. 



Buxton water is alfo taken internally by invalids, and 

 many important virtues have been attributed to it, thus 

 ufcd. That it contains nothing deleterious may be fafely 

 pronounced, both from the evidence of chemical aqalyfis, 

 and (what is more to the point) from the well-known faft 

 that moll of the water ufed at the principal hotels for 

 making tea and other common purpoles is derived from 

 the fame fource. Therefore, whatever ftrefs may be laid 

 on its fuppofed inflammatory tendency in certain cafes, it 

 cannot be doubted but that to the reft of the world it is a 

 pure, falutary, innocent beverage. 



Like other warm pure waters it is highly advantageous 

 in many painful complaints of the kidnies and bladder and 

 urinary palTages ; like them it powerfully relieves many of 

 the ir.oft dillrefGng dyfpeptic fymptoms, and like them it 

 fhews no decided aftion on the bowels, its ufe being fome- 

 times attended with diarrhoea, fometimes with the oppofite 

 ftate, which laft generally demands the alTiftance of aftive 

 purgatives. 



The cafes for which Buxton is reforted to are moftly 

 chronic, fuch as gout, rheumatifm, derangement of the 

 biliary and digeftive organs, difeafes of the urinary pa{rages, 

 and the like, and it is no fmall additional recommendation 

 to the invalid to be abundantly furnirtied with every thing 

 that can contribute to convenience, comfort, and amufe- 

 ment. 



Buxton, in Geo'^rtiphy, a townlhip of America, in the 

 county of York and diftrift of Maine, feated on Saco river ; 

 16 miles north-wefterly from Pepperel-borough, at the 

 mouth of the river, and 118 miles N.E. from Bofton ; con- 

 taining I ';64 inhabitants. 



BUXTORF, John, in Biography, an eminent Hebrew 

 fcholar, was born at Camen in Weftphalia, in 1564. As 

 to his religious perfuafion, he was a Calvinift ; and having 

 fettled at Balil, he was appointed by the magiftrates pro- 

 fefTor of the Hebrew and Chaldee languages, which he taught 

 with great reputation till his death in 1629. In order to 

 perfeft himfclf in thefe languages, he obtained the alTift- 

 ance of many learned Jews, and thus acquired a predileftion 

 in favour of rabbinical learning. His works, in the depart- 

 ment of hterature to which he was devoted, wete numerous, 

 learned, and ufeful. Thefe are as follow ; viz. " Lexicon 

 Chaldaicum, Thalmudicum, et Rabbinicura," Bafil. fol. 



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lfi5g; ft finall " Hebrew and Chaldaic Difllonni^," cotTi- 

 pofed of words from the Bible only, lamo. ; " Tiiefaurus 

 Lingua; Hebraica;," 3 vols. 8vo. ; a fmall " Hebrew 

 Grammar," much efteemed ; the Leyden edition of which 

 was revifed by Leufdtn ; a large " Hebrew Bible, with the 

 Rnbbinical and Chaldaic Paraphrafes, the MafTora, Tibe- 

 rias, &c." 4 vols. fol. Bafil. 161 S and 1619 : " Syna- 

 goge Judaica," a collcftion of JcwiOi modes and ceremo- 

 nies, intended to cxpofe the Jews, but abounding too much 

 with puerilities intermixed with a niafs of learning ; " Infti- 

 tutio Epillolaris Hebraica," a collection of Hebrew letters ; 

 " Concordantiae Hebraicse," 8vo. 1(^.52 ; " Bibliotheca 

 Rabbinica," with a trcatife " De Abbreviaturis Hebras- 

 orum." Nouv. Dicl. Hift. 



By XT OK F, JoHN,fonof the preceding, was born at Bafil in 

 I c^()(), and directing his attention to ftudies fimilar to thofe 

 of his father, he became profcfTor of the oriental languages 

 in his native city. Belides trann:itions of fome of the 

 rabbinical writings, fuch as the Moreh Nevochim of Mai- 

 monidcs, and the book called Cofri, he publi(hed " A 

 Chaldaic and Syriac Lexicon," 4to. 1621; and having 

 adopted his father's fentiments with regard to the Hebrew 

 vowel points, he defended them againft Liidovicus Capellus 

 in a book entitled, " Tradtatus de Punftorum Vocalium et 

 Accentnum in Libris Veteris Tcftamenti Htbraicis Oritfine, 

 Antiquitateet Authoritate," Bnfil, 1648; and afterwards in a 

 more confiderable work, entitled, " Anti-critica, feu Vindicias 

 Veritatis Hebraicx adverfus Ludovici Capelli Criticam, quam 

 vocat Sacram," Bafil, 1653. He publifhed likewife " Dif- 

 fertations on the Old and New Teltament ;" " Exercita- 

 tiones Philologicocriticae ;" " Florilegium Hebraicura ;" 

 and other works. He died at Bafil in 1664. 



There were two other Btixtorfs, yohn-fames and John, 

 fucceffively profelTors in the fame chair at Bafil, and both 

 writers on fubjefts of literature. In general, the fchool of 

 the Buxtorfs has been reproacheci, notvvithllanding its ac- 

 knowledged learning, with too great predilection tor the 

 rabbinical dodtrines ; and their decifions with regard to the 

 authority of the Hebrew points have been gr?.dyally lofing 

 ground, and have now comparatively few advocates, after 

 having been very prevalent through Germany and other Pro- 

 teftant countries, Nouv. Diet Hilt. 



BUXUS, in Botany, box (a corruption of Tru-o,-, the Greek 

 name in Theophraltus for the fame plant, fo called Jia 70 

 ■7!vx.mi T« f:/^«, on account of the denfity of its wood). Linn, 

 gen. 101;^ Schreb. 1420. JulT. 3S8. Vent. 3. 491. Ga:it. 

 630. Clafs and order, monac'm tslrandr'm. Nat. ord. Tricocca, 

 Linn. Euphorhite, Juff. and Vent. 



* Male flowers prominent from the buds. Gen. Ch. Cal. 

 perianth three-leaved ; leaves roundi{h, obtufe, concave, 

 fpreading. Cor. petals two, roundifh, concave, fimilar to 

 thofe of the calyx but larger. Stam, filaments four, awl- 

 fliaped, ereft, expanding, rather longer than the calyx ; an- 

 thers erect, twin. P'ljl. rudiment of a germ without ftyle 

 or iligma. 



* Female flowers from the fame bud generally fingle, fur- 

 rounded by eight or ten males. Cal. perianth 'four-leaved, 

 fimilar to thofe of the male. Cor. petals three, fimilar to 

 thofe of the male. Pljl. germ roundi(h, obtufely three-cor- 

 nered ; ftyles three, fhort, permanent ; ftigmas obtufe, hif- 

 pid. Linn. Peric. capfule globular, very fmooth, gloflfy, 

 coriaceous, three-grained, before it opens three-beaked, 

 three-valvcd ; valves two-horned ; grains of a paper-like fub- 

 ftance, two-valved, opening elaftically. Seeds two in each cell, 

 ovate, attenuated upwards, triangularly comprelTed, obliquely- 

 truncate at the fummit, fomewhat fpongy, fmooth. Gasrt. 



Eff. Ch. Male. Cal. three-leaved ; petals two, rudiment 

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