1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

AERATED WATERS, AND LEMON SHERBETS. —

i Soda-Water and other Aerated

Draughts owe

they are

their effervescence to carbonic acid gas ;

in much request to allay thirst, and in a feverish condition of the human frame. Many natural mineral waters are aerated. Mineral waters are divided into four classes carbonated ( as Seltzer, &c. ) chalybeate ( as aqua chalybeata ) contains proto-sulphate of iron, and bicarbonate of potassa ; it is an easy and excellent mode of intro- ducing iron into the blood, and is much recom- mended on that account, possessing equal tonic properties to that of the natural springs. Carrara, or Carbonated Lime Water, is an aerated solution of bicarbonate of lime; the best during hot weather Saline ( as Seidlitz, &c.) ; sul- : phurous (as Harrogate, &c.). Aerated Chalybeate Water ( ! Cheltenham, &c.) ;

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