A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair, C.B. F.R.S., being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson.

  • Robertson, William Henry, 1810-1897.
Date:
1852
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair, C.B. F.R.S., being a medical commentary on the results of the recent analysis of the Buxton tepid water : to which are prefixed a statement of the improvements now in progress at Buxton, and Dr. Playfair's analytical report / by William Henry Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DR. PLAYFAIR’S REPORT ON THE WATEB OP THE THERMAL SPRINGS OE BUXTON. Museum of Practical Geology, and Government School of Mines, London, July 24th, 1852. TO SYDNEY SMITHERS, ESQ. Sir, In consequence of a request made by you, on behalf of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, I visited Buxton on the 8th and 9th of April, for the purpose of collecting the water of the thermal spring for analysis. The water was collected partly in glass-stoppered bottles, and partly in earthenware jars. The gas, as it issued from the crevices of the rock and bubbled through the water, was caught by an inverted funnel, and collected in glass bottles filled with the thermal water itself. These bottles were then sealed on the spot; and the evidence derived from the gas contained in them, shows that the precautions used for preventing the access of air were quite successful. It is not necessary for me to describe the physical conditions under which the thermal springs appear at Buxton. It may be sufficient to state, that they issue from fissures in the limestone, and are accompanied by frequent, but intermittent bursts of gas, which escapes partly as large bubbles, and partly in innumerable small