m The N A T U R A L H I S T O R Y of _
Will wifrh:anp)Aeidj , and has aftrong llxiviaKTafie.
After xhSiNatron has run per ;«sm4n® another
Salt entire, whMfiifdifibtv’d in §girit of lYiAe^df
Water totally flies off; by which ih^i4i$*m~the SaUrisivdl»4
trie, and molt probably thevolatileSalt Qf. tb,e i\&(i‘ro»3
which is thei only fix’d Alcali in the Worldfknow/Ofi; that
by this method, or by the fix’d Salt of Tartar, will yield
a yolatile AlcalifateSalt: From, which Phenomena itp s
undeniably, evident, Dr. Lifter was miftaken, When (to ufe
hisowii words) -he violently affirms, No Waters- in Eng
land contain’d Natron;;tc Gallon o f this Water iedntains
about twelve Grains of Sediments, and four or five o f S a te j
the Salts when feparated from their Earths are White,- but
will not Ihoot into any regular Chryltals; have a finelt
much like that o f Natural Balfam, which to me feems to
be the fcarlet Sulphur that precipitates, in the Water by
expofing it to the Air; this Water has a vitriolate Tafte,
and with Galls yields a Tincture o f an Agate colour * has
been experimented in fcorbutick Gafes, and anfwered the
defired end.
The Hanbridge Water, , a finall Spring which rlies betwixt
Burnley and Townley, \yields a Natron or natural Alcali,
as thole Bourbon Waters: in France, cited by- Monfieur
Du*Clof$ l and another alealious: Salt, which like a Terfebih“
thinate or Refinous Body, will melt with a finall degree of
Heat; it is plain, the Reafon why this Salt melts by Heat
is only from a volatile Bitumen united with it, for the-Sait
being long kept in a glafs; Vial, will not melt by any iuo*
derate degree o f Heat, but Is then purely Alcalious, the
Bitumen being wholly evaporated, as I found in my Ob-
fervations at Townley. This Water at the Fountain with
. Galls yields a Tindture inclining to a faint Orange; if kept
any eonfidbrable time in Gfafs Bottles a perfedl Citrine g
contains the greateft quantity of Natron o f any in thefe
parts; purges by Stool and Urine, and is o f great Ufe in
the Stone and Scurvy, as hath been found by feyeral Perfons,
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fons, who in thofe Gafes. have try’d them with great fuc-
• ThmWater Emmet, .which is about two Miles diftadt
fronl tho'^Yote-tnertitpon’d Watersn is ofik;vitriolate
, TulphlurCous ■Sm®M,||Miich with a^ folution of
Subifitia t riylEld §’ a; w hit© Pf ecip ita ^Wvtxich np other Waters
in doj nor .anyfin France^Aks the
FreriohjT^^^rhaye ;obfei|v;d;^ and ,indeed only ^holej at
Spad&isyGef7?iqny>5. and if ;Tqriitmay-sb,e^highly worth our
time bv fiequejtat ard ftr.^^Tfyals'1, both inhales ki Thy*
fc k ,l and-Experiments ,in 6hym^0% to find q^titfip Principles
and'Ufe.ofiTty wbidhmay
o f a ted'ibusFarigud toSpada. lt
A ^the fame time I faw there a Salt' prepared^, frep, / a
Water ^ txTcrhfbifye^ \yfii|:h jhad/exa&ly .t-fie fmell ofjHjpppfe*!
linUm or Hotfe-iParfey, a, Phenomenon never yetobfjsrv’d
in any Salt before; thisfmellprqefedsTroma eel'taih.plip:?
portion .of bituminous* fitjine and tfefrehq. Particles; , for
what.remain’d aftqrieYapofarion was o f -4a Yellowilfi colour,
and. contain’d a, great deal o f terrene Matter* ,> but tfieJSglt
When Separated iAl perfedt concofted Vitriol. Dr-. Lifler
ihay here.agaip be fatisfy’d o f jhis Error,,ff@r notAnly the
Waters m LancafmFvSh). thofe li'kewife in
tain p^.fe61 cohcpTled Vitriols Nay; in the -fame Coal-Mtnes
nearBurnley^ jjprjngs of
tficfetdtfiests' Qs&g$iypt.i4foNittei aj> in^fififfl,Gehit3iman jfidly idsmpn-
firated rdimeewhen .J'waq la iltS S ^ ' Afi©ther;^/r thfilaid
R kh ardiT ow ^ 0i^ ^ownl^i^STI Ihe^-d me5:iwhiehny&s
perfect Saltpetre, prepared from- a Very ffcpid Spring!, a
Gabon o f which donfaiti’d half an Quncg :of this. Salt, [Which
upomChryftallization fhaotslike Salt-petre fxo'ni -India into
UaugStri*, andfulminates With This$adt hejhad
from a Gentleriaai^ that difijovpjr’d the/l|pring, fiut at, ppfeflt
conceals the Placet So that what my$|l£ andjotfiers hraye
alleged ifiaffirming, no Waters in England^toncontain Salty
fj x petre