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30*5° [9''2-7° to \00'6° ¥.]. It contained about a sixth of a 

 cubic inch of carbonic acid gas in a pound of water. 1^230 

 grammes yif^Ultd, by fcvapoviition, 11 grammes* of dry resi- 

 duum, from wi)ich were obtained 



Muriate of magnesia 42 grammes 



Sulphate of magnt'sia 3js 



Carbonate of magnesia 0*12 



Carbonate of lime 3*28 



Sulphate of lime» 3*75 



1095 

 The new spring contained rather less both of carbonic- 

 acid and of solid residuum, but the difference was trifling. 

 7"he mud collected at the bottom of the baths consisted of 



Aluaiine. . • •• • ••* 40 parts 



Carbonate of lime ••••• ♦ 20 



Sulphate of lime •••• 10 



Oxided or carboua'.ed iron 2 



Silex ...-. 26 



100 



Wat^rof Nie- We have also an analysis of the mineral water of Nieder- 

 qetttrunn. brunn, in the departiiieBt of the Lower Rhine, by Profes- 

 sors Gerboin and Hecht, of Strasburg. About half a kilo- 

 gramme, or one pound *, of thi? water contained 



Muriate of soda 1'8 gramme — 27*8 grs. 



Sulphat of iime 0*1 1*54 



Carbonate of lime, dissolved in 



Carbonic acid ••. 0*45 6*95 



Carbon, of magnesia, the same 0-21 3*24 



Carbon, of iron, the same- • • . O'O/ 1*08 



Mnriiite of magnesia 0*26 4*02 



Muriate of lime 0345 5'33 



^iigsburg I" Augsburg and its vicinity, which are celebrated for 



^ct. good beer, it is c.istou'ary to put into each cask a small bag 



of the root of the gcum urbanura, avens, or herb bennet. 



f Probably !iie Strasburg pound r= 7277 grs. Eng. C. 



