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acid under a pressure of 3 atmospheres, and obtained a 
solution of which a pound* contained: 
Carbonate of soda, 22.0 grains. 
Chloride of sodium, 2.0 
Sulphate of potash, Ly 
s “ soda, 48 “ 
Carbonate of lime, 45 “ 
“ ““ magnesia, 11 & 
Silica, 0.5 “ 
Phosvhoric acid and manganese, traces 
Total, 87.1 grains, 
Tn various natural springs, water comes to the surface 
so charged with carbonic acid that the latter escapes 
copiously in bubbles. Such waters dissolve large quantities 
of mineral matters from the rocks through which they 
emerge. Examples are seen in the springs at Saratoga, 
N.Y. According to Prof. Chandler, the “Saratoga 
Spring,” whose waters issue directly from the rock, con- 
tains in one gallon of 231 cubic inches: 
Chloride of Sodium (common salt) 398.361 
“« Potassium, : 9.698 
Bromide of Sodium, 0.571 
Iodide of Sodium, 0.126 
Sulphate of Potash, 5.400 
Carbonate of Lime, 86.483, 
se “Magnesia, 41.050 
ce “ Soda, 8.948 
ee “ Protoxide of iron, .879 
Silica, 1.283 
Phosphate of lime, trace 
Solid matters, 
Carbonic acid gas, (407.647 cubic inches at 52° Fah.) 
Water, 
% 
552.799 
58,317,110 
grains, 
“ce 
‘The waters of ordinary springs and rivers, as well as 
those that fall upon the earth’s surface as rain, are, indeed, 
* The Saxon pound contains 7,680 Saxon grains. 
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