3+ The N A T U R A L H I STQfll Y , f / y
^ irjgs, andi.all hat in o rd in a te r$datulencies+bF the animal
«Spirits, in Hyfterie and Hypocondfiac Cafes; The farther
Particulars may be feen at large in: his .third Chapter;
to which I refer you, as likewifeto his K^tradl out of Dr.
Jones, and the GbfervatioAs annex’d to-his.ingenious
Treatifei- r
Before I Clofe the Difcamrfe o f this
quired, why the Sulphur in one Bath thSggs#ilver; a Coppef
colour, as that at Knarfeborough and Maudfley ;' why. 0thers
o f a Golden or Yellowifli colour, -as thofein SQmmjktfhms
and why others impregnated with Sulphur tinge n^atjalb
To thefe I anfwer, Where Sulphur tinges ia GOppeccdlhufj
it is from the addition o f a Vitriolic Salt,''as-'is.' coint&on
to obferve from the folustioirs? of and
where a, Golden colour erifues itferfroma: greMfecpr^or*
tion o f mineral Sulphur, and but liftttf'df
the fulphuryturatum o f Antimony, and ther golden Pyrites*!
But where they Tinge not at* all, its fr&m'Sul'phumnlyj
as that at BuxtmyvrMch:Teems to arife out ofaV^aiTy
Marble.
• The Waters we fhall next eonfider arc the AcidultC, of
thofe Commonly call’d Chalybeats, with which thefe bounties
abound. The moft Noted are'thofe hear?LdtBrmt'j
Wigan, Stockport, Burnley, Bolton, ‘Plumpfow] Middlpon^
StrangeiVay near zJManchefter, J^ancafter, Larbrick)i iChah
ley, and o f thefe Stockport is much the ftrongeft -; l tfld i
Waters fpring out at the Bottom o f a great Roek, in
ftrength are much the fame in Winter as< Summerywhich
is a Conveniency very few in England belides them ’have'
thefe Waters give as deep aTindhire with Galls, as any I
ever law, and where Chalybeats are indicated exceed thofe
of Knarfeborough and Tunbridge ; they will in twenty-four
Hours,, by being expos’d to the Air become infipid, and
then yield no Tindfcure; thefe Waters- lie very light, not
heavy upon the Stomach, which is a; Convenience the
Drinkers o f Knarfeborough and Tunbridge have not.
Thefe
E, &c, f t
Thefe|^a*tQr-s ai$ impregnated Sfclphlir, KttriolzxA
Qerq, a little Q)$t%§'LapiJi ffeMllis, and a,marine Salt united
with the bitter purging SaltfeaSg ÜVtfle Ch&lybéat Water at
Latham] but thefe Two laft itiyields in.fihill quantities,
a Gallon of Waker not #$p?ding .mapy Grains o f ; Salt,L but
Cere and’Vitri-ql they '{.contain plentifully; the CÉtéiis: ini*
pregnatéd wifhj’lron, and feithaMvreafen, and no other;
may -thefe Wa£éésrbe:(piïïAGkdtybeatt; :the Sulphur is only
difcerpible ;gar]y/ki the Morning, and that chiefly by their
Fme;!!, tho-1 there Mmchefier, whofe fmell
isf^^^lphUMos^!#>MlSitiSi^f S thefe Watefs molt com-
jnonly fpringlopt of a B a f ^hat is impregnated with Sulphur,
Qcre dy&Jfffyfol, which I dembnftrated to theHohd
‘Svcfsfa Flpyerfêt-Buxtpq: I fhew’dhjm the Shale -or Bafs,
andj by^fuJing various; Proportions o f it in common Water;,
yopfmp}.y hayg/jll th?'jfg£iQUs sColoursfQTtfacAcidwltt,
^A-^lfblf'ed^ a^dgbp; Red, .a Violet and a'Purple : As
th^r^bfe^the Acidula are fliflereptly impregnated with this
iMlÈ, their^ Colours-- ® like wife *difler,eur. At the fame
tii^e"! sïliew’d' him an Acidula fpringing put o f this Bafs,
and?h|ewifej»hat the J^vwps impregnated with Sulphur%
K 't^iol’nnd Ocfe, tho’ Dr.: Lifler■ wehemently^affirn-igj * no
Stone flut the, B yrBesf^m zm sW itriqlp but when a Man
wntesoifly what he fancies, and npf what he fees, it carré-
hot be iihagèp’d but heuffipft.affect lRany Paradox^* .’and
fSjtOjO tenaqoufly adherjng tp a well woven Hypothecs, in
effect ir^kes himfg^:Qne W- the meaneftpf Philafephers.
It:is,not’tbpipe<^ianifme of Reafon, and the efpoufing of
a W<|rd Which founds pleafathlyy that illuftrates the Phenomena,
of 31at*ure; but Aflat which is plain, -eafy and' in-
telligible, ap^wb^t niay rationally frqm Experiments be
deduced, that giyes, a Mai^ a true G-ufe in natural Learn-
inS : JTd|e_ Dr. then may rail as long as hepléafejï ;bu,t he
can never make me disbelieveiny' Senfe^Pr affeht, to that
which is-contrary to the idommon Reafon o f Mankind.
Of rfhefe I have given a full 4>©G0.unt in my Tentamen of K x Mi