Barbadoes tar, and from which may be collected, by one man, feveral gallons in a day. The troops, in marching that way, halted at the fpring, collected the oil, and bathed their joints with it. This gave them great relief, and freed them immediately from... Memoirs - Page 373by American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1785Full view - About this book
| History - 1790 - 566 pages
...River, iffuing from a fpring, on the top of which floats an oil, fimilar to what is called Barbadces tar, and from which may be collected, by one man,...in its kind as the one juft mentioned, called the Burning Spring. It was known a longtime to the hunters. They frequently encamped by it for the fake... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1790 - 646 pages
...gave them great relief, and freed them immediately from the rheumatic complaints with which rtiany of them were affected. The troops drank freely of...as a gentle purge. There is another fpring in the wellern parts of Virginia, as extraordinary in its kind as the one juft mentioned, called the Burning... | |
| History - 1790 - 562 pages
...with which many of the m were aft'ecled. The troops drank freely of the waters :— they opérâted as a gentle purge. There is another fpring in the...weftern parts of Virginia, as extraordinary in its kind ?s the oae juli mentioned, called the Burning Spring. It was known a long time to the hunters. They... | |
| REV. S. J. M. EATON - 1866 - 310 pages
...great relief, and freed them from the rheumatic complaints with which many of them were afflicted. The troops drank freely of the waters; they operated as a gentle purge." We have another ancient authority, that if not particularly valuable is curious and rare. The quotation... | |
| Samuel John Mills Eaton - Petroleum - 1866 - 324 pages
...great relief, and freed them from the rheumatic complaints with which many of them were afflicted. The troops drank freely of the waters ; they operated as a gentle purge." We have another ancient authority, that if not particularly valuable is curious and rare. The quotation... | |
| Pennsylvania. Geological Survey - Coal mines and mining - 1887 - 466 pages
...collected by one man several gallons in a day. The troops in marching that way, halted at the spring, collected the oil and bathed their joints with it....drank freely of the waters — they operated as a gtntle purge."(¡/> (a) Buch, from Bi>bop De Schweinelz'e Life of Lelsberger, p. 353. (6) Bock. Dr.... | |
| Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor - Petroleum - 1916 - 474 pages
...collected by one man several gallons a day. The troops in marching that way, halted at the spring, collected the oil and bathed their joints with it....of the waters — they operated as a gentle purge." At one time, petroleum was used in America as a cure for rheumatism,2 burns, coughs, sprains, etc.,... | |
| RAYMOND FOSS BACON, PH.D., WILLIAM ALLEN HAMOR, M.A. - 1916 - 464 pages
...collected by one man several gallons a day. The troops in marching that way, halted at the spring, collected the oil and bathed their joints with it....of the waters — they operated as a gentle purge." At one tune, petroleum was used in America as a cure for rheumatism,2 burns, coughs, sprains, etc.,... | |
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