. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to . fton, styled the Upper and Lower, whereassemblies and balls are held, and publicbreakfasts, &c. are given, in imitation ofthose of Bath, but on a smaller scale. At the western extremity of Clifton, near 182 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM the stupendous rock of St. Vincent, risesthe celebrated hot mineral spring, deno-minated the Bristol Hotwell.—The heat ofthe water, when immediately taken fromthe
. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to . fton, styled the Upper and Lower, whereassemblies and balls are held, and publicbreakfasts, &c. are given, in imitation ofthose of Bath, but on a smaller scale. At the western extremity of Clifton, near 182 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM the stupendous rock of St. Vincent, risesthe celebrated hot mineral spring, deno-minated the Bristol Hotwell.—The heat ofthe water, when immediately taken fromthe spring, raises Fahrenheits thermometerto seventy-six degrees; which having beenanalyzed by the ingenious Dr. Higgins, ofLondon, a Winchester gallon is found tocontain, dwts. grs. Of calcareous earth, combined withvitriolic acid, in the form of se-lenite - Of calcareous earth, combined withacidulous gas Of marine salt of magnesia Of sea salt - It also contains eight ounce measures ofacidulous gas, beyond the quantity retainedby the calcareous earth in the heat of boil-ing water, and two ounce measures of air, equal, if not superior to atmospheric air inpurity. 0 8* 1 12f 0 *i 0 <% 2 9. LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. 185 It has no animal, vegetable, or sulphu-reous particles; so that being void of theseeds of corruption, it receives no taintthrough length of time, or alteration ofclimate. The water of the Hotwell is perfectlypellucid, and abounding with air-bubbles,which are continually rising from the bot-tom to the surface, as if in a state of fer-mentation.—This water is found extremelyefficacious in consumptions, weakness of thelungs, and all cases attended with hecticfever and heat, and exceeds all other reme-dies in the cure of the diabetes, as well as inmany other disorders, as will appear fromthe several treatises written by Dr. Ran-dolph, Dr. Keir, and other authors, on thevirtues of the Bristol water. The formerof these gentlemen attributes its first repu-tation, t
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