Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York.

  • Salisbury, Samuel, 1806-1850.
Date:
1838
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Credit: Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Carbonic Acid Gas, 5.G cubic inches Sulphuretted Hydrogen Gas, 12. do, Sulphate of Lime, 84 g''s-, Sulphate'of Magnesia, 10 grs. Sulphate of Soda, 1G grs. Carbonate of Lime. 8 grs. Muriate of Soda, . . 18.4 grs., and a small quantity of other matter. WELL OR NEW BATH SPRING. Tins Spring was, as I have before stated, first discovered bv its proprietor, R. K. Iliokox, in 1835 while digging for pure water. The soil through which the excavation was made, is hard blue clay, having a strong sulphurous odour. The excavation did not descend to any rock, so that we cannot determine, with cer- tainty, from what formation it rises. The temperature of this water is 4G degrees Far. In sensible qualities, it resembles the other springs. LONG'S SPRING, Which has been in use since 1833, is the property of Paul Knovvles, Esq. It rises from the surface of an aliuvial deposit, through the centre of which passes what is termed the Black Creek, a small stream, having its rise some miles to the south. It is about a mile, in a south-westerly direction, from the others. The temperature of this is 45 to 48 degrees Far.; and its sensible properties are similar to those of (he others. Having submitted the waters of both the Well and Long's Spring to a qualitative examination, I have found them to be made up of the same general constituents as the others. The usual tests indicate the presence of iron in the water of the Well; and other observers report it in all our springs ; but the quantity of this substance is probably so very small, as not materially to change its remedial powers.