following is the result of his analysis of the water:--

Grains.
Bicarbonate of Calcium 14.01
Bicarbonate of Magnesium 6.02
Bicarbonate of Iron 0.03
Bicarbonate of Manganese 0.03
Sulphate of Barium 0.05
Sulphate of Calcium 0.26
Sulphate of Potassium 0.62
Sulphate of Sodium 0.84
Nitrate of Sodium 0.03
Chloride of Sodium 0.02
Chloride of Magnesium 0.95
Chloride of Ammonium trace
Silicic Acid 0.95
Organic Matter 0.02
Carbon Dioxide 0.20
Nitrogen 0.19
24.22

There were also traces of lead, strontium, lithium, and phosphoric acid.

As the gas issued from the fissures in the limestone rock, it was found
to consist of 99.22 grains of nitrogen, 0.88 grain of carbonic acid, and
that held in solution in the water, 6.1 cubic inches nitrogen, 4.1
carbonic acid.

In comparing Dr. Thresh's analysis with those previously made by Drs.
Pearson, Muspratt, Sir Charles Scudamore, and Sir Lyon Playfair, it will
be seen that a new constituent appears in the form of molybdinum, which,
as mentioned above, was detected in the mud deposit at the bottom of the
tanks into which the water is conveyed, as it issues directly from the
springs. In other respects the analyses differ but slightly, nor does
the efficacy of the water appear to have become less potent in
alleviating or curing those diseases for which it is so deservedly
celebrated.

The Romans, ever luxurious in their use of hot and tepid baths, doubtless
selected the Buxton basin as a station, not merely from a military point
of view, but on account of the thermal springs, the curative effects of
which they would readily discover by receiving fresh energy to their
wearied bodies, from the stimulating action of the water immediately upon
taking a bath, as well as relief from many diseases, especially of a
rheumatic character, to which their life of hardship and exposure
rendered them so liable.

From the Roman period until about the year 1572 there is little or no
recorded history of Buxton. About that time, however, a Dr. Jones wrote
a treatise on the Buxton Spa, advocating its claims so forcibl