814 PEAT ASHES. 



Caustic and carbonated lime* • 83.C 



Clay 7JS 



Gelatinous silica 13.0 



Alumina .t. 7.0 



Oxide of iron 9.0 



Car^.. late of potash 0.5 



100.0 



The peat of Voiuomra, dug upon the frontiers (.£ 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* 

 1 1 per cent, of residue ; it contains : 



Carbonic acid and sulphur 23.0 



Lime 23.0 



Magnesia 14.0 



Alumina and oxide of iron 14.0 



Clay and silica 26.0 



100.0 

 The 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 



Sulphateof lime 26.0 



Oxide of iron 11.5 



100.0 



The peat of Champ-du-Feu, 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 



Magnesia 0.6 



Oxideofiron 3.7 



Potash and soda "... 23 



Sulphuric acid 5.4 



Chlorine 0.3 



10(.0 



Supposing the whole of the sulphuric acid fciund to have beeu m 



