A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water : To which are now added, observations on sundry other waters ... With an appendix on the mephitic-alkaline water; a new and approved remedy against the stone and gravel / By A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1788
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Credit: A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water : To which are now added, observations on sundry other waters ... With an appendix on the mephitic-alkaline water; a new and approved remedy against the stone and gravel / By A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ™i ] of the Ocean, apd Mineral Springs. As thefe, at prefent, adminifter fo confpicuoufly to our health, convenience, and amufement, and are even thought worthy to conftitute our moft fafhionable remedies, they could not, with any propriety, be palled over in filence. * The Analyfis of Waters has always been deemed an ob- ject of importance, and, when it comes to be more culti- vated, will doubtlefs be confidered, by perfons of a liberal education, as a branch of fcience not lefs ufeful than entertaining. Philofophical chemiftry, the foundation of this and al- moft every other ufeful fcience, has of late years received innumerable improvements, and is now rapidly advancing towards perfe&ion, not only in England, but alfo in Germany, France, and Italy. To many of whofe dif- tinguifhed authors we are indebted for great and im- portant difcoveries, which cannot fail to immortalize their j memories. Among thofe of our own country, is it neceflary to mention the names of Black, Cullen, Priestley, Cavendish, Kirwan, See. ? or abroad, need we enumerate thofe of Bergman, Sheele, Lavoisier, Berthollet, Achard, &c.? Their ingenious publi- cations