Water analyses
Original title: Analise de águas
Lists the pamphlets, published in Funchal in 1900, that record chemical and bacteriological analyses of Madeiran spring and drinking waters, with further analyses published in the Heraldo da Madeira.
The results of the analyses of the various waters of Madeira are recorded in the following pamphlets: 1. Analyse chimica e bacteriologica da Fonte Férrea do Jamboto (Funchal, 1900).
- 2. Analyse chimica de águas potáveis de várias fontes da cidade do Funchal (Funchal, 1900). This contains the analyses of the springs of João Diniz, Campo da Barca, Ribeira de Santa Luzia and Corujeira de Baixo.
- 3. Analyse chimica e bacteriologica das águas das nascentes dos Tornos (Funchal, 1900).
The waters of São Roque, in Machico, and of Fontinha (‘little spring’), on Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’), were also analysed, and the results of these analyses were published in the Heraldo da Madeira (‘Madeira Herald’).
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- Campo da Barca
Funchal. Funchal fountain whose drinking water was analysed.
Campo da Barca is a public square in Funchal, built under Governor Florencio José Correia de Melo, handed to the municipality in 1818 and named after the Conde da Barca. It was the site of the disinfection post, which was attacked in popular riots, and of the house where the Asilo da Infância operated from 1836. Part of the square was later renamed Praça de Tenerife.
- Corujeira de Baixo
Funchal. Funchal fountain whose water was analysed.
Funchal fountain whose water was analysed.
- Fonte de João Diniz
Funchal. Funchal fountain whose drinking water was analysed.
Funchal fountain whose drinking water was analysed.
- Fonte Férrea do Jamboto
Funchal. Iron-rich spring whose waters were analysed in a pamphlet of 1900.
Iron-rich spring whose waters were analysed in a pamphlet of 1900.
- Fontinha
Porto Santo. Porto Santo spring whose water was analysed.
Fontinha is a locality in the town of Porto Santo known for its mineral-water spring, famed for treating stomach complaints. Its water was analysed in Paris in 1893 and classed as bicarbonated and sodium-sulphated, and it is bottled and exported by a concessionary company based there. The area also has traces of a raised beach, a small stream and Isidoro da Silva's salt works.
- Funchal
City where the analysis pamphlets were published and several analysed fountains lie.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Ribeira de Santa Luzia
Funchal. Source of drinking water analysed in 1900.
The Ribeira de Santa Luzia is one of the three streams crossing Funchal, named after a chapel of Santa Luzia on its left bank. Its banks were probably the first land irrigated by levadas and had four sugar mills in the late 17th century. It feeds the Santa Luzia, Moinhos and D. Isabel levadas, and the Jesuits' Fundoa residence stood on its right bank.
- São Roque
Funchal. Waters analysed with results published in the Heraldo da Madeira.
São Roque is a suburban parish of Funchal, separated from São Pedro and created under a royal charter of 1579; it is named after its original chapel of São Roque. The Elucidário traces the history of its parish church and lists its chapels, principal localities and population.
- Tornos
Funchal. Springs whose waters were analysed in 1900.
Tornos is a group of abundant springs in the municipality of Funchal, in the Montado do Barreiro, yielding about 900 litres per minute. They swell the Santa Luzia stream and were captured for the city's drinking water, including the Largo do Poço fountain. Their waters were analysed in 1900.