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drops of oxalate of ammonia were added, without altering 

 its transparency. 



Exp. 5. Paper stained with turmeric, when immersed in 

 a solution of this salt, was immediately changed, to a very 

 dark brown color. 



Exp. 6. Blue litmus paper, stained red, by vinegar, had its 

 blue color immediately restored, when dipped in a solution 

 of this salt. 



The aqueous solution which consisted of 64 grains, having 

 been thus examined, it appears by experiment 1 , 2, 3, and 4, 

 that it contained no other salt besides muriat of soda, but it al- 

 so appears from experiments 5 and 6, that it contained an al- 

 kaline carbonat which previous experiments had detected. 

 We have already shown that one pint of this water contains 5 

 grains of carbonat of soda, and as this enters into solution 

 with the muriat of soda, it is necessary to deduct these 5 

 grains from the 64 grains, which the aqueous solution con- 

 tained ; we shall then find that one wine pint of the Albany 

 water contains, 



. Muriat of Soda, 59 grains. 



Carbonat of Soda, ... 5 



The analysis of this water having been thus completed, I 

 shall now state the result of the inquiry, and recapitulate the 

 contents of the different ingredients which have been found 

 in one wine pint of the water, as follows : — 



Muriat of Soda, - - - - 59 Grains. 



Carbonat of Soda, .... 5 



Carbonat of Lime, ... 4 



Carbonat of Magnesia, - - - H 



Carbonat of Iron, - 1 

 Muriat of Lime, \ 



Total, 71 Grains. 



Carbonic acid gas in one pint — 26 cubic inches. 



It now remains only to make a few observations, on the 

 striking resemblance between this mineral water at Albany, 

 and those of the different springs at Ballston and Saratoga. 

 Having taken great pains to make an accurate analysis of 

 the contents of the different springs, at each of those places, 

 the result of which I have already given to the public,* it may 



* Vide, An Experimental Enquiry into the Chemical Properties and 

 Medicinal Qualities of the Principal Mineral Waters of Ballston and 

 Saratoga, by Wm. Meade, M. D. Published at Philadelphia. 



