Dissertation on the chemical & medical properties of the Bristol Hotwell water : to which are added practical observations on the prevention & treatment of pulmonary consumption / by A. Carrick.

  • Carrick, Andrew, 1767-1837.
Date:
1797
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Credit: Dissertation on the chemical & medical properties of the Bristol Hotwell water : to which are added practical observations on the prevention & treatment of pulmonary consumption / by A. Carrick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    nued for fome hours, a finall quantity of water always finds its way into the receiver, although not fufficient to affccT. the experiment in any fenfible degree. The alembic with which I made this experi- ment was filled with the water at the pump- room and carefully corked, and conveyed home inverted, in order that,none of the gas might efcape or be extricated. It contains exactly I03g0 grains of Hotwell water at the temperature of 6o° which is equal to 41.038 cubic inches, or 22oz. and 6 drachm meafures very nearly. Having poured out a certain meafure of the water, which I knew from previous experiment to be equal to 510 grains, the tube was inftantly inferted, and the apparatus placed on the fur- nace as above defcribed. It is to be obferved, that the quantity of atmofpheric air included in the apparatus was thus made to be very