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I ns would pi bushel. Or Buppose the strength 



brine j its spe- 



ity, and we wish i>> h as thus 



Stated, wi til t hi 



lomoter, or the nui rains in a pint, & •. W e i k in the 



col u mo of i li/id 



the number w&ich then on 



the s.nn" horizontal lin< i spres- 



pi.ms , ngth, and it u er the 



I with which we wish to make the c 



or weaker. Or buj tirdly, that ;i land owner dcsii 



know tin* compara of ;i brine spring 



while he p no instrument for takin ^gravity. 



i ut an 1 n eigh tfa tie, or take 



it to the apotfa weigh; then the number • i grains, found 



column of the table, will sh >w bim all the equivalent 



expressions. 



In making use of this tal le it must be remembered that it 

 will i irate only (or pure •' >-a!f. Id this State 



ilorid of calcium which cxi itent in our brines 



will cause the table to make a showing a little too favorable. 

 As the ] 8 of impurities is a variable quantity, it was 



iwan c for them in the table. r J ' . 

 u-t a table pi ictically accurate, it 

 \ : ot thought best to discard all attempts at a table. As 

 i it desirable to use the salometer, it Beeme to 



rue to of c mvenience t>> have at hand the readj 



iverting its reading into the equival ul expres- 

 b en fell by myself, and 1 havi 

 uiany others will find tlie table USefuL 



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