The elements of materia medica and therapeutics . i / 1 1 — / / / 1 / / 1 / 1. Sa!t Marshes. a. Sluice by which the sea water is admitted. b. Reservoir. c. Subterranean channel by which the water passes from b into d. d. d. First series of brine-pits or salt-pans. e. Subterranean channel by which the water l)asses from rf to/./. A lonaf, narrow, circuitous , q. Second series of ,h. Third ditto. ?, i. Canal. It, k. Last series of pans. I, I. Subterranean channel by which the water passes from i to Subterranean channel by which the rins- ini,s of the pans escape into the ,
The elements of materia medica and therapeutics . i / 1 1 — / / / 1 / / 1 / 1. Sa!t Marshes. a. Sluice by which the sea water is admitted. b. Reservoir. c. Subterranean channel by which the water passes from b into d. d. d. First series of brine-pits or salt-pans. e. Subterranean channel by which the water l)asses from rf to/./. A lonaf, narrow, circuitous , q. Second series of ,h. Third ditto. ?, i. Canal. It, k. Last series of pans. I, I. Subterranean channel by which the water passes from i to Subterranean channel by which the rins- ini,s of the pans escape into the , n. Pyramidal heaps of bay , 0. Conical heaps of , p. Ground of the proprietor of the marshes. density, it is conveyed into rectangular iion pans, where it is evapo-rated. Eight hours are required to boil each charge to dryness. Thesalt is then removed into wooden troughs or cisterns, perforated byholes in the bottom, where it is allowed to drain, and is afterwards re-moved to the warehouse, where it also drains. The drainings fromthe wooden trough drop on upri
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