Notes on mineral springs of North-West Coast

• Main Author: Stephens, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1912
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; Van Diemens Land; VDL; Hobart Town; natural sciences; proceedings; records; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16568/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16568/1/1912-Stephens-mineral_springs-nw_coast.pdf

The earliest mention of these springs is in a letter from Count de Strzelecki, dated about 1840, and published among the papers of the Tasmanian Society. Of their constituents Strzelecki says:—"They belong to the class of carbonated waters, containing carbonic acid gas, muriatic acid gas, carbonate of soda, chloride of sodium, sulphate of soda or magnesia, oxide of iron in the state of a peroxide, and a slight indication of lime. From this examination, and from experience, I am led to believe that they are aperient and tonic; they are also sufficiently disgusting to the palate to pass for highly medicinal."