32 On the Chemical Constitution and 



Sprudel fountain at Carlsbad, as determined half a century ago 

 by Becher, and more lately by Berzelius. 



Now, the quantity of water which issues from the wliole of 

 the openings of the Sprudel is 46375 eimers in an hour, which 

 gives 469503.85 Vienna pounds * ; consequently, 



m 

 In 24 hours, .... 1 1,268092.4 lb. 



ra 



365 days, .... 4112,853726 



b m 



5 centuries, - - - 2,056426,803000 



b m 



7000 years, - - - 28,789976,082000 



For that is necessary, 



m 

 In 24 hours, .... 3,219454,0 lb. 



m 

 365 days, - - - 1175,101065 



m 

 5 centuries, ... 587550,532285 



b m 



7000 years, - - - 8,225707,452000 



of half-melted basalt to raise the water discharged by the whole 

 Sprudel from 11° to 59° R. If we take the specific gravity of 

 basalt at 2.9 and 1 Vienna pound = 0.0177 Vienna cubic feet: 

 then would the mass of half-melted basalt required to heat 

 that quantity of water for 7000 years, occupy a space of 

 8225707452.000 0.0177 = 5020,517996 Vienna cubit feet. 



In order to form a rough idea of this mass, we will compare 

 it with the cubic contents of the highest mountain in the Bohe- 

 mian Mittelgeberge, the Donnerberg, at Milleschau. From a 

 calculation given below, the cubic contents of this mountain, 

 consisting entirely of clinkstone, is = 16,354, 166,666 cubic feet. 

 The above mass of basalt, which, from the hypothesis, would 

 be necessary for the heating of the whole Sprudel Fountain at 

 Carlsbad, since the days of Adam, according to the sacred 

 writings, would scarcely be the third part of this mountain. 



But this calculation presumes that the basaltic mass of the 

 surrounding moun'.ains, on the extinction of volcanic activity, 

 was as strongly heated as the basalt itself, or that it derived no 

 warmth from within for 7000 years, which cannot be admitted. 

 We have also founded our calculation on the supposition, that 



* Compare Gilbert's Annals, v. Ixxiv. p. 198. I have omitted the spe- 

 cific gravity of the Carlsbad water, as we have only to do with approxima- 

 tive quantities. 



