»g WATER OF THE DEAD SEA. 



and was obtained from the last remaining solution by evapo-" 

 ration and calcination), amounted to ll-lO grains of pure 

 magnesia — 14"15 grains of muriatic acid = 25"25 grains of 

 muriate of magnesia. 



9. The muriate of soda was next estimated from the 12*2S 

 grains of muriatic acid found to remain after substracting 

 the sum of the two portions (4-66 grains and 14* 15 grains) 

 belonging to the lime and magnesia, from the 31*09 grains, 

 or sura total of acid. These 12'2S grains gave according to 

 the proportions before mentioned (sect. II, 3) ^6-69 grains 

 of muriate of soda. 



10. From these several results brought into one view, and 

 the salts being supposed heated to redness, 250 grains of 

 the Dead Sea water appear to contain. 



Salts. Acid. 



Contents of Muriate of lime 9*480 grains 4'66 grain* 



250grainsof Muriate of magnesia •• 25*25 — 14*15 



the water, " 



Muriate of soda 26-695 r= . 12-28 , 



Sulphate of lime -. 0-136 



61-561 31-09 



or of 100. And therefore 100 grains of the same water would contain^ 



Grains-. 



Muriate of lime 3-792 



Muriate of magnesia 10-100 



Muriate of soda • • ♦ - IO-676 



Sulphate of lime • 0-054 



24-622; 



Sect. V. 



2d. analys'is, Second Analysis of the Dead Sea Water hij a Method some^ 

 what different /ram the former. 



b)' a somewhat j^ the mode of proceedinjj just related some small loss 

 flifFerentmode. .' , i ■ 1 •? 1 11 1 



in the earths might naturally be suspected to have taken 



place in consequence of the previous separation of the acid 



and indispensable edulcorations. Besides, the muriate of 



•spda being-necessarily decomposed by the tirst part of the 



process, the analysis could not have been considered as quite 



satisfactorVi 



