1859 The Book of one Hundred Beverages - BERNHARD (William) -

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AQUEOUS BEVERAGES. - WATEJL

WATER, the natural beTerage of adult anima'b, is found existing in -.arious states of purii;f, and may, for 001" practical pmpoeea, be cooaidered under the following heM1a :- ·. . ( -A"· ~ ·~ ... RAIN WATU . · ts the.pareiit of all ~- waters,.biit·~·th; . : best fittei:l for natural use ;.. ~ ia rendered im.- ·· i&ll in cit,ies, b the llOOty pU'tic1ee, • pure,l~from lJ l • and .1 _,__ . --11 aeriv"" the ur, it - eontama t.-.u. quantity of ammonia (volatile albli) £rOlll tM· same soarce ; ita freedom from saline RbMancee renders it liable to disaolve a-minnte quantity of the lead from the gntt.en, ciaterns,. and pipes, throu~ which it Son, and it ia thereby render- . ed. unwholesome. If used u a beverage, rain wat.er should be boiled to drive oW the ammonia it contains, and strained or filtered to aepe.raa:. . the soot1 particles, but even then it does not form a desirable beverage, as from the want of saline matters, and the absence of the air which is ex– pelled in boiling, its taste is mawkish and _un-

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