An account of Askern and its mineral springs; together with a sketch of the natural history, and a brief topography, of the immediate neibourhoodJohn Churchill, 1842 - 151 pagina's |
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Pagina 28
... action of water ; a much mightier stream than that which now flows through this quiet glen , having once forced its waters through these rocks in its course to the ocean , which , at that period , cannot have been far distant . The ...
... action of water ; a much mightier stream than that which now flows through this quiet glen , having once forced its waters through these rocks in its course to the ocean , which , at that period , cannot have been far distant . The ...
Pagina 35
... ; the limestone does not , however , lie in similar planes ; this is accounted for by the violent action to which the coal strata were exposed previous to the deposition of the limestone , which rests ASKERN AND ITS VICINITY . 35.
... ; the limestone does not , however , lie in similar planes ; this is accounted for by the violent action to which the coal strata were exposed previous to the deposition of the limestone , which rests ASKERN AND ITS VICINITY . 35.
Pagina 40
... action given by running water to a small stone , or other substance , whilst the limestone was forming ; a fresh deposit having afterwards taken place from the water : cavities of this kind may be frequently seen in streams running over ...
... action given by running water to a small stone , or other substance , whilst the limestone was forming ; a fresh deposit having afterwards taken place from the water : cavities of this kind may be frequently seen in streams running over ...
Pagina 44
... action of water , to which the strata on each side have , to a great extent , yielded : perhaps both these causes have contributed to its present form and position . The inclination of its strata is greater than that of the rocks of the ...
... action of water , to which the strata on each side have , to a great extent , yielded : perhaps both these causes have contributed to its present form and position . The inclination of its strata is greater than that of the rocks of the ...
Pagina 47
... action . The long continued constancy in the temperature of thermal springs , is not more difficult to understand , than the long con- tinued action of volcanic fires under any known point of volcanic eruption . But , as volcanic fires ...
... action . The long continued constancy in the temperature of thermal springs , is not more difficult to understand , than the long con- tinued action of volcanic fires under any known point of volcanic eruption . But , as volcanic fires ...
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abundant action amongst analysis animalcules animals appears Askern Pool Askern water Brewerton Bromine Burghwallis Camps Mount Campsall Park Campsall Woods carbonate of lime carbonic acid Charity Bath chloride chronic colour constituents contain cure cutaneous disease deposit derangements district ditches Ditto Doncaster effects erected existence formation frequently Gallienus gaseous Gateforth glairine Harrogate ingredients large quantity layers Madder Close magnesian limestone Manor Bath medicine mineral springs mineral waters Miss Brooke mucous membranes nature neighbourhood nitrogen Norton origin Owston Patients persons plants Pontefract portions precipitate present probably produced proportion remedy rheumatism rock Roman salts sandstone Saxon seen side Skelbrook Skellow Smeaton Crags Snail soda South Parade South Parade Bath species specimens strata substance sulphate of lime sulphureous springs sulphureous waters sulphuretted hydrogen sulphuric acid supposed surface Sutton Common temperature Terrace Bath Tetricus tion various vegetable matter village watering places waters of Askern whilst Wine Pint
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Pagina 56 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God. The beauties of the wilderness are his, That make so gay the solitary place Where no eye sees them.
Pagina 30 - Thirst knows neither mean nor measure, Robin Hood's Well was my treasure ; In a common dish enchained I my furious thirst restrained ; And, because I drank the deeper, I paid two farthings to the keeper.
Pagina 31 - Heu nimium sociis nota, Robine, tuis. Me pudet innocuos latices fudisse scelestis, Jamque viatori pocula tuta fero. En pietatis honos ! Comes hanc mihi Carliolensis JBdem sacravit, qua bibis, hospes, aquas.
Pagina 16 - Gros al to torn ; Remember his wondis that for the did smart; Gotten without syn, and on a virgin born: Al his hed percid with a crown of thorn. Alas ! man, thy hart ought to brest in too. Jiewarof the devyl when he blawis his horn, And pray thy gode aungel convey the.
Pagina 10 - Thorn, that these trees were natives of the place, and cut down by the Romans, because the Britons, when defeated in battle, retired into such morasses and woods, and were secure, continually making sallies out and retreats in again, intercepting their provisions, taking and destroying their carriages, &c.
Pagina 143 - ... that continual desquamation of the cuticle, which is frequently one of the most obstinate symptoms with which the physician has to contend ; but is itself also the sole agent under which all the formidable symptoms successively disappear.
Pagina 11 - Saxon camp, and history relates, that a battle was fought there between Ceadwalla, King of the Britons, and Penda, the Pagan King of Mercia, against Edwin, the first Christian King of Northumberland, in which Edwin, and Offride his eldest son, were slain.
Pagina 23 - Skern, who had heretofore been a benefactor to the same college ; and that natives of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire should have the preference.
Pagina 145 - ... Askern, and > wrote on its waters, informs us that rheumatism has been more benefited than any other malady — the chronic form of course, where there is rigidity of the joints, with swelling. A course of the baths, at a temperature varying from 95 to 105 degrees, will frequently effect a cure.
Pagina 104 - ... the microscope. It will be found to consist of a mass of large cells (Fig.