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REMARKS, 
TENDING TO FACILITATE THE 
ANALYSIS OF SPRING AND MINERAL 
WATERS. 
BY JOHN DALTON. 
(Read April 1, 1814.) 
It cannot but fall under the observation of 
every one that the health and comfort of fa- 
milies, and the conveniences of domestic life 
are materially affected by the supply of that 
most necessary article, water. The quality 
of water is undoubtedly of great importance 
in the arts of brewing, baking, and various 
others connected with the preparation of food ; 
as also in the washing and bleaching of linen 
and cotton, and in other operations where 
cleanliness is the object in view. Many of the 
manufactories are materially interested like- 
wise in the qualities of water, and in the me- 
thods of rendering it subservient to their exi- 
gences when it happens to be presented to 
them in an obnoxious form. On all these ae- 
counts [ thought it might be of some service 
