﻿GEOLOGY. 
  

  

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  Chemical 
  Examination 
  of 
  Cooper's 
  Well 
  Water, 
  Hinds 
  County. 
  

   By 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Lawrence 
  Smith. 
  Made 
  December, 
  1851. 
  

  

  Temperature, 
  64° 
  Fahr., 
  the 
  air 
  being 
  at 
  50°. 
  

  

  Taste, 
  not 
  unpleasant. 
  

  

  Odor, 
  little 
  or 
  none. 
  

  

  Color, 
  transparent, 
  with 
  small 
  yellow 
  flakes 
  floating 
  on 
  it. 
  

  

  Specific 
  gravity, 
  1.00147. 
  

  

  Gas 
  contained 
  in 
  one 
  wine 
  gallon, 
  in 
  cubic 
  inches 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Oxygen 
  1.05 
  

  

  Nitrogen 
  ........ 
  4.05 
  

  

  Carbonic 
  acid 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  .4.00 
  

  

  Solid 
  contents 
  of 
  one 
  gallon, 
  105 
  grains, 
  composed 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Sulphate 
  of 
  soda 
  . 
  11.705 
  

  

  Sulphate 
  of 
  magnesia 
  

   Sulphate 
  of 
  lime 
  . 
  

   Sulphate 
  of 
  potash 
  

   Sulphate 
  of 
  alumina 
  

   Chloride 
  of 
  sodium 
  

   Chloride 
  of 
  calcium 
  

   Chloride 
  of 
  magnesium 
  

   Peroxide 
  of 
  iron 
  . 
  

   Crenate 
  of 
  lime 
  . 
  

   Silica 
  . 
  

  

  23.280 
  

  

  42.122 
  

  

  .608 
  

  

  6.120 
  

  

  8.360 
  

  

  4.322 
  

  

  3.480 
  

  

  3.352 
  

  

  .311 
  

  

  1.801 
  

  

  105.471 
  

  

  The 
  deposit 
  which 
  collects 
  in 
  concentrating 
  the 
  water 
  contains, 
  in 
  100 
  

   grains 
  — 
  

  

  Water 
  38.00 
  

  

  Crenate 
  of 
  lime 
  ....... 
  2.00 
  

  

  Sulphate 
  of 
  lime 
  25.00 
  

  

  Peroxide 
  of 
  iron 
  35.00 
  

  

  100.00 
  

  

  Analysis 
  of 
  the 
  Water 
  of 
  Ocean 
  Springs, 
  near 
  Baluxi, 
  in 
  Jackson 
  

   County, 
  Miss. 
  By 
  J. 
  Lawrence 
  Smith, 
  M. 
  D. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  colorless, 
  even 
  when 
  kept 
  in 
  bottles 
  for 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  time, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  the 
  bottles 
  be 
  well 
  corked; 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  opened, 
  the 
  water 
  begins 
  

   to 
  blacken, 
  from 
  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  sulphur 
  of 
  iron; 
  the 
  odor 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

  

  