Hampstead-Wells: or, directions for the drinking of those waters ... With an appendix, relating to the original of springs in general; with some experiments of the Hampstead Waters, and histories of cures / [John Soame].

  • Soame, John.
Date:
[1734]
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Credit: Hampstead-Wells: or, directions for the drinking of those waters ... With an appendix, relating to the original of springs in general; with some experiments of the Hampstead Waters, and histories of cures / [John Soame]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hampftead Waters taken from the Well, Sept. 24. I fill’d the fame Vial to the fame height, and It weighed ^iv.gii- gr. 3d.Troy. N. B. This, had very little Sediment. I pot a Grain of the fame Galls to this, but it did not in the leaf: tinge, till by putting on a little 01. Tartar, it juft turned of a Colour like prandy. Oh Vitrioli dr op’d into this Water produc’d an Ebullition, El eat, and a little Smoak. The fame Experiment on thefe Waters caused a fomewhat greater Ebullition, &c. than the for¬ mer- Turn’d of a Purple, with Syr. Violar. I evaporated half a Pint, but obtained fcarce 20 minute Particles ; they were like the Earth from the Jflington Waters. Hampftead Waters fill'd Sept. 28. The aforefaid Vial of this Water weighed jiv. gii. gr. 32. This had a Sediment in it. A Grain of Galls being put to ^iv.of thisWater, in 4 a Minute’s fpace it turned of a Purple Co¬ lour, and held it 3 Hours, till by dropping a little Spt. Vitrioli it recovered its natural Colour. 01. Vitrioli drop’d into this Water produc’d an Ebullition, Pleat, and a little Smoak. This frill caufed a greater than any. Turned of a Purple Colour, as with the Galls. M B. Galls thrown into this Water warm’d, gave no Tindure. I evaporated half a Pint, but obtained fcarce 20 minute Particles, they were like the Earth from the Ifiingtm Waters.