ANCIENT ALLOYS AT GOSLAR. 11 



All plants reduced to powder, and kept either kr bottles Pov?der8 of 

 or oxes, gain weight by their hygrometric property. wS' ATab- 



To find exactly the loss occasioned by pulverization, sorbi'^ moist 

 we took a metrical hundred weight of each of the sub- ^i^^' 

 stances mentioned below, cleaned, prepared, and in the 

 driest state ; and we reduced each to an impalpable 

 powder. The following are the results of the waste of 100 

 kil. [219 lbs] of each. 



Substances • Produce Waste 



Ipecpcuanha 87 13 Table of 



Jalap • 92 8 waste of cei- 



Rhubarb 93-8 6-2 ^^'" ''■"S" 



Squill 87*5 12-5 



Cinchona ? 937 6-3 



Gum arable 93-5 6-5 



Scamniony 95 5 



Cantharides 92'7 7-3 



Sal ammoniac 98 2 



Cream of tartar 97 3 



Antimony 97 3 



Gum tragacanth 93*6 6*4 



Cinnamon 93-6 6'4 



IV. 



Analysis of some ancient Alloys in the Church of Goslar : by 

 Mr. Klaprotii*. 



Analysis of (he Altar of Krodo. 



3I0NG the antiquities of the north of Germany, one Altar of 

 that had been preserved for some centuries in the churcl: of ^'^°'^°* 

 St. Simon, at Goslar, and was known by the name of the 

 altar of Krodo, but which is now removed to Paris, de- 

 served more attention than had been paid it. 



The legend of this Krodo says, that he was an idol of Legend of this 

 the pagan Saxons, and had his seat at Hartzburg, on the ^^°^' 



* Ann. de Chim. vol. LXXV, p 3i; 



Hartz. 



