Synopsis of the medicinal contents of the most noted mineral waters : analysed by Dr. Higgins, at the instance of John Ellison / [Bry Higgins].

  • Higgins, Bry. (Bryan), 1737?-1820
Date:
[1781]
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Credit: Synopsis of the medicinal contents of the most noted mineral waters : analysed by Dr. Higgins, at the instance of John Ellison / [Bry Higgins]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ~ 1 \ SELTZER WATER. \ A Winchefter gallon of Seltzer Water contains dwt. gr. Of calcareous earth combined with acidu- ? f o 14 ious gas . 3 Of masrneiia combined with acidulous 2;as o 20 Ofmineral alkali weighed in cryfialline form. 5 21 T6? ( Of fea fait... 3 20 Of mineral oleaginous matter... o 0-5— 11 4 t5o- It like wife contains 128 ounce meafures of acidulous gas, exclulive of the quantity retained in the heat of boiling w^ater, by the calcareous earth, magnclia and mineral alkali, and three and a half ounce meafures of atmofpheric air. Reported July ift, 1780. BRTAN HIGGINS. <f> *£• NEVIL