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Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y. 



under the act of July 16! 1894 



No. 517 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



April 15, 1912 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



Museum Bulletin 159 



THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF SARATOGA 



BY 



JAMES F. KEMP ' 



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PAGE 



Introduction 5 



Historical sketch 5 



Brief statement of the local geol- 

 ogy 10 



The fault at Saratoga Springs. ... 12 

 Generalities regarding the normal 



ground waters 15 



Composition and character of the 



Saratoga waters 20 



PAGE 



Carbgn dioxid 39 



Water seal 40 



Temperature of the waters 41 



Specific gravity of the waters. ... 42 



Classification 42 



Variations in the waters 44 



Origin of the mineral waters 48 



Tables of analyses 65 



Index 77 



Mi4r-Jai 2-2500 



ALBANY 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

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