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AQUEOUS BEVERAGES.
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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 :-
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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
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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-