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MINERAL WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



No. 1225. Webster Springs salt sulphur water, Webster Springs, W. Va. 

 [Sodic muriated saline (bromic), sulphureted.] 



Gases (Number of cubic centimeters per 1,000 grains at C. and 760 mm pres- 

 sure). Carbon dioxid (set free from bicarbonates on evaporating to dryness), 36.6; 

 hydrogen sulphid, present. 



a Faint trace. b Small amount. 



HYPOTHETICAL FORM OF COMBINATION. 



a Small amount. 



b Faint trace. 



DISCUSSION OF ANALYSES AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPRING 



OWNERS. 



In the following pages a statement is made in regard to each spring, 

 as to whether the analysis as found by the Bureau of Chemistry agrees 

 with the advertised analysis, and if such is not the case a probable or 

 possible explanation of the discrepancy is offered. A circular letter 

 was sent to each spring owner informing him whether his advertised 



