374 /• Laicrence Smith on the Thermal Waters of Asia Minor 



the beach into the sea which is very near to it. Temperature 

 of the water 117^ Fah. (atmosphere at 7^^.) Sp. gr. 1'02G3. 



Chemical Composition.— There are 34-520 grammes of solid 

 matter in a litre of the water which contains the following in- 

 gredients in grammes :- 



Carbonic acid, fixed. 



Sulphuric acid, • 

 Chlorine, 



. 050 



. 1 648 



. IS -440 

 Bromine, minute quantity not 



estimated. 



Combined as follows : 



Carbonate of lime, 

 Sulphate of soda. 

 Sulphate of lime, 



Lime, 



Magnesia, 



Alumina, 



Iron, . 

 Soda, . 



2-534 



0110 

 0012 

 0003 

 14-858 



•0912 

 1-4625 

 1-3000 



Chlorid of calcium, 



2-0040 



Sulphate of alumina, . 0*022 1 

 Chlorid of sodium, . 28'0260 



Chlorid of magnesium, 0*2023 



Carbonate of iron, . 0'0038 



Bromid of magnesium, minute 

 quantity. 



There are sev^eral other sources of thermal water in various 

 parts of this island ; the one reputed to have the greatest temper- 

 ature is about eighteen miles from the latter, and called Fezilkeh; 

 this source I could not visit, and can therefore say nothing of it 

 from personal examination. There is yet one other source that 

 I will allude to, the 



Tiheriad Thermal Waters. 



The source of these waters is on the border of the sea of Gali- 

 lee and within a mile of the city of Tiberias, of the solid structure 

 of which, repeated earthquakes have left but little- The sur- 

 rounding country show marked evidence of extensive volcanic 

 action. 



There are several sources at the place I visited, but they seem 

 to vary little from each other. They ^ow into Turkish baths, 

 and from them pass into the sea, on their way leaving a slight 

 yellow deposit which is doubtless, as in many of these waters, a 

 crenate of lime. 



Their temperature was not accurately ascertained for want of 

 a thermometer, but I should consider it about 120^ Fah- 



Chemical Compositio7i. — In one litre 23-540 grammes of solid 

 matter. The same quantity of water furnished in grammes: 



Carbonic acid, fixed, . 

 Sulphuric acid, . 

 Chlorine, . . 

 Soda, . . . . 



Combined as follows 



Sulphate of soda. 

 Sulphate of lime. 

 Sulphate of magnesia, 

 Chlorid of sodium, . 



-006 



■197 



13-9S9 



8-751 



Lime, 



Magnesia, 



Silica, 



443 

 119 

 006 



0620 I Chlorid of calcium, . 



Chlorid of magnesium, 



0386 



•0151 



22'2330 



Silica, 



Carbonate of lime. 



-7801 

 4850 



•0060 



-0106 



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