kaline character, the other two had become 
waters of the second 
5; while, on the 
contrary, the augmentation in the amount of carbonic acid in 
second is accompanied with a corresponding inerease in the 
amount of fixed matters present. 
Carbonic acid in one liter of the Caledonian waters. 
1847 
Gas spring, <« +5 6 * 
Saline spring, - + - 
Sulphur spring, - “ - 
am 
the reaction indicated in § 13,) 
With an earthy saline water holding a constant amount of free 
Carbonic acid; which, in some cases, is more than is required to _ 
acer bicarbonates, but in others, as we have seen above, shows - 
deficiency. _ : 
If we admit, as I have already assumed, that the waters 
f the second and third classes have been generated by the 
Mingling of solutions of carbonate of soda with waters of the 
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