 | William Henry Robertson - 1848 - 386 pagina’s
...hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone, to preserve it from the sun and rain water ; and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay, to prevent other springs from getting in ;" and he adds, that "the earth about these spas is black and bituminous, the surface whereof in hot... | |
 | John Richard Walbran - 1851 - 148 pagina’s
...hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water ; and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay...greater efficacy for either bathing or drinking." It NEW PUMP BOOM, 8ULPHUE WELL. is a remarkable fact, in the impregnation of these waters, that the... | |
 | John Richard Walbran - 1856 - 162 pagina’s
...hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water ; and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay...greater efficacy for either bathing or drinking." It is a remarkable fact, in the impregnation of these waters, that the second spring, which has been... | |
 | William Grainge - 1871 - 542 pagina’s
...several hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water, and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay,...ever, and so of greater efficacy for either bathing or drinking."f • Spandacrene Eboracensis. Dr. Short, in 1734, thus describes the Sulphur Wells,— "... | |
 | John Richard Walbran - 1875 - 298 pagina’s
...hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water ; and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay...greater efficacy for either bathing or drinking." It is a remarkable fact, in the impregnation of these waters, that the second spring, which has been... | |
 | William Grainge - 1882 - 540 pagina’s
...several hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water, and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay,...better and stronger water, which afforded as much in ono hour now as it did in twenty-four before, more loaded with the minerals than ever, and so of greater... | |
 | Daniel Hopkin Atkinson - 1885 - 496 pagina’s
...get beyond the first two of the wells enumerated. Writing in 1690 or 1691, he says of the Sulphur,— contain several Hogsheads of Water, and covered it...which afforded as much in one Hour now, as it did in twenty four before, more loaded with the Minerals than ever, and so greater Efficacy for either Bathing... | |
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... to contain several hogsheads of water, and covered it with a large stone to preserve it from the sun and rain water ; and for a week together we rammed its sides with clay to prevent other springs from getting in. The event answered expectation: for... 