A short description of Kissingen, its baths and mineral waters / [F.A. Balling] ; translated from the German by Sir Alexander M. Downie.

  • Balling, Franz Anton, 1802-1875.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short description of Kissingen, its baths and mineral waters / [F.A. Balling] ; translated from the German by Sir Alexander M. Downie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4) The Maxhrunnen., probably the longest in use and taken only internally — 5) The Theresienquelle, the age of which dates from 1828. — Four of these, the Ragozzi, the Pandur^ the Maxbrunnen and the Theresienspring belong to the class of cold springs, — their temperature not exceeding 8 or 9 degrees of Reaum,, or 47, 75 to 50° of Fahrenheit. The Soolenspru- del however approaches the temperature of Thermal waters — 15*4° Reaum. The quantity of water yielded by these springs in a given time is considerable, amounting in the case of the Ragozzi, the Pandur, and the Soolenspru- del to not less than 40 cubic feet in a minute. This latter spring presents the extraordinary phenomenon of ebbing and flowing at stated intervals, yielding in its ebullitions an immense quantity of Carbonic Acid Gas which seems to be the power by which the water is propelled upwards.