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VII. Analysis of the lately discovered Mineral Waters at 

 Cheltenham ; and also of other Medicinal Springs in its 

 Neighbourhood. By Frederick Accum, M.R.I. A^ 

 Operative Chemist, Lecturer on Practiced Chemistry and 

 on Mineralogy and Pharmacy, c#c. 



[Concluded from vol. xxxi. p. 213.] 



ANALYSIS OF THE CHALYBEATE SPRING CALLED 

 MR. BARREL'S WELL. 



J. he spring known by this name is situated in a meadow, 

 about three or four hundred yards from the upper extremity 

 of the town of Cheltenham. And although it had long been 

 resorted to by the country people, as an efficacious remedy 

 against various complaints, it was not otherwise noticed, 

 except by Dr. Fothergill in his Treatise on the Cheltenham 

 Waters, in the year J 788. This spring has lately been 

 opened by the proprietor, a pump-room has been erected, 

 with other conveniencies to render it worthy of the notice- 

 which it deserves. The produce of water which this well 

 affords is upwards of 100 gallons in an hour, a much larger 

 quantity than will probably be ever consumed by the drink- 

 ers who visit it. 



The first portion of water which the spring yields in the 

 morning, or after having been left undisturbed for some 

 time, contains a considerable quantity of brown ferruginous 

 filaments. This portion being rejected, the rest of the water 

 which is pumped is as clear as crystal. It produces a kind of 

 greasy feel on glasses which are continually wetted with it, and 

 soon deposits on them a strong coat of brown oxide of iron. 

 Over the surface of this spring, which is enclosed in a small 

 building constructed of brick, and surrounded with a beau- 

 tiful plantation of trees, a dense atmosphere o'f carbonic acid 

 gas is manifest. The sides of the reservoir of the spring are 

 lined with a thick cream-like substance, wholly composed 

 of carbonate of iron, and a considerable stratum of the same 

 substance is deposited at the bottom of the well. 



These facts alone are sufficient indications of the intrinsic 

 value of this fountain of health, Without stating the indi- 

 vidual 



