S14 PEAT ASHES. 



Caustic and carbonated lime 63.C 



Clay 7.5 



Gelatinous silica 13-0 



Alumina 7.0 



Oxide of Iron 0.0 



Carl-<- late of potash 0.5 



100.0 



The peat of VoksLmra, dug upon the frontiers of Bavaria and 

 Bohemia, contains the remains of trees ; it leaves 1.7 per cent, of 

 ashes, composed, according to M. Fikenscher, of: 



Silica 36.5 



Alumina 17.3 



Oxide of iron 33.0 



Lime 2.0 



Magnesia 3.5 



Sulphate of lime 4.5 



Chloride of calcium 0.5 



Carbonaceous matter not incinerated 2.7 



100.0 



The brown herbaceous peat of the neighborhood of Troyes, leave* 

 11 per cent, of residue ; it contains : 



Carbonic acid and sulphur 23.0 



Lime 'i3.0 



Macnesia 14.0 



Alumina and oxide of iron 14.0 



Clay and silica 2ti 



100.0 



rhe peat of Vassy is compact, and of a brown color ; it is mixed 

 with fragments of chalk. On incineration, it leaves 7.2 of residue 

 per cent., containing : 



Clay 11.0 



Carbonate of lime 51.4 



Sulphate of lime 20.0 



Oxide of iron 1 1.5 



100.0 



The peat of Champ-du-Fcu, near Framont, (Vosges,) leaves 3 

 per cent, of ashes, which consist of: 



Silica 40.0 



Alumina and oxide of iron 30.0 



Lime 30.0 



100.0 

 The peat of the environs of Haguenau (Lower Rhine) produces 

 12.5 per cent, of ashes, which, according to the analysis made in my 

 laboratory, contain : 



Silica and sand 65.5 



Alumina 16.2 



Lime 6.0 



M:ipncsia 0.6 



Oxide of iron 3.7 



Potash and soda 2.3 



Sulphuric acid 54 



Chlorine 3 



100.0 

 Supposing the whole of the sul^thuric acid found to hare been la 



