An inquiry into the contents and medicinal virtues of Lincomb spaw water, near Bath / [William Hillary].

  • Hillary, William, -1763
Date:
1742
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Credit: An inquiry into the contents and medicinal virtues of Lincomb spaw water, near Bath / [William Hillary]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPEND I X. IObferved p. 40. N°. 21. that I made thofe Experiments upon Portions of IVater equally cold. To fhew the Necefiity of attending to this Circumftance, I fhall relate a few Experiments, made indeed with a View to difcover the Caufes of the Varia¬ tion of Weight obfervable in the Lincomb Water: But as they did not feem to prove any thing, fo much as that very great Care is rcquifite, in refpeft to Heat and Cold, in Hydroftatical Experiments, I only gave them a Place here. The Glafs Cylinder (Fig. 3.) was filled with Spaw Water, frefh taken up at the Spring; and the Hydrometer, whofe Bulk is equal to 134 cubick Inches of'Water, was immerged into it, without Delay. The Depth it funk to immediately, and the Degrees it afterwards fubfided to, upon feveral Trials, are as fol¬ lows : At the firft Immerfion, on June