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  Their 
  temperatures 
  are 
  52° 
  in 
  what 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  warm 
  spring, 
  and 
  

   46° 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  spring. 
  

  

  • 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  these 
  waters 
  in 
  one 
  pint, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  analyses 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Emmons 
  : 
  

  

  Warm 
  Spring. 
  Cold 
  Spring. 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  sodium, 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  6-99 
  

  

  grains. 
  

  

  6*20 
  grains. 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  magnesium, 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  0-64 
  

  

  " 
  

  

  0-84 
  " 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  calcium, 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  1-03 
  

  

  (< 
  

  

  0-47 
  " 
  

  

  Carbonate 
  of 
  lime, 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  2-79 
  

  

  t< 
  

  

  1-96 
  " 
  

  

  Carbonate 
  of 
  ,* 
  - 
  

  

  .. 
  

  

  1-63 
  

  

  " 
  

  

  1-10 
  " 
  

  

  Hydrosulphurqt 
  of 
  sodium, 
  

  

  - 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Magnesium 
  and 
  organic 
  m 
  

  

  atter, 
  

  

  0-00 
  

  

  (« 
  

  

  rains. 
  

  

  1-87 
  " 
  

  

  

  13-08 
  g 
  

  

  12-44 
  grains. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  three 
  springs 
  within 
  thirty 
  feet 
  of 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  they 
  

   possess 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  properties. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  sulphuretted 
  hy- 
  

   drogen 
  which 
  they 
  contain, 
  is 
  considerable. 
  Emmons' 
  American 
  Jour- 
  

   nal 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Science, 
  February, 
  1847. 
  

  

  Sour 
  Springs. 
  In 
  the 
  Mineralogy 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  there 
  are 
  notices 
  

   of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  springs 
  charged 
  with 
  sulphuric 
  acid, 
  in 
  various 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Genesee, 
  Ontario 
  and 
  Niagara 
  counties. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  

   remarkable 
  of 
  these 
  springs, 
  is 
  that 
  which 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  

   of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Byron, 
  where 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  a 
  hillock 
  composed 
  of 
  vege- 
  

   table 
  matter, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  charred 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  acid. 
  It 
  was 
  

   for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  supposed 
  that 
  this 
  might 
  be 
  an 
  acid 
  sulphate 
  of 
  some 
  

   basis, 
  but 
  an 
  analysis 
  which 
  I 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  proved 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  

   pure, 
  although 
  very 
  dilute, 
  sulphuric 
  acid. 
  This 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  

   published 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  discovery, 
  and 
  seems 
  at 
  this 
  late 
  day 
  to 
  have 
  ex. 
  

   cited 
  fresh 
  interest. 
  There 
  is 
  now 
  very 
  little 
  doubt 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   origin 
  of 
  the 
  acid 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  similar 
  localities. 
  Dumas 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  

   sulphuretted 
  hydrogen, 
  mixed 
  with 
  air 
  by 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  a 
  porous 
  

   body, 
  and 
  especially 
  of 
  tannin, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  a 
  slightly 
  

   elevated 
  temperature, 
  is 
  slowly 
  converted 
  into 
  sulphuric 
  acid. 
  It 
  is 
  

   stated 
  that 
  this 
  oxidation 
  of 
  sulphur 
  is 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  rooms 
  where 
  they 
  

   take 
  sulphur 
  baths, 
  at 
  Aix, 
  in 
  Savoy 
  ; 
  the 
  linen 
  curtains 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  

   pools- 
  serve 
  to 
  isolate 
  the 
  patients, 
  are 
  very 
  rapidly 
  impregnated 
  with 
  

   free 
  sulphuric 
  acid, 
  and 
  the 
  fabric 
  is 
  strongly 
  acted 
  on 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  kept 
  with- 
  

   out 
  being 
  washed. 
  Millon 
  and 
  Reisers 
  Annuaire, 
  for 
  1847. 
  

  

  *In 
  the 
  published' 
  analysis, 
  "Carbonate 
  of 
  lime" 
  is 
  twice 
  repeated, 
  which 
  is 
  

   undoubtedly 
  an 
  error 
  of 
  the 
  press. 
  Carbonate 
  of 
  magnesia 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  intended. 
  

  

  