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Selections. 



[No. 7, NEW SERIES. 



I will now proceed to state the results which the analysis of 

 these brines, has afforded me, premising them simply by naming 

 the sources from which they were derived. I. Andertone brine, 

 from the pit of Lord Stanley of Alderley. II. Marston brine, 

 from the works of the executors of the late C. W. Newman, Esq. 

 III. Winsford brine, from the shaft of Messrs. Ray and Son. IV. 

 Whelock brine, from the works of Mr. Blackwell. 





1 



Anderton 

 Brine. 



2 



Marston 

 Brine. 



3 



Winsford 

 Brine. 



4 



Wheelock 

 Brine, 



Specific gravity of ) 

 Brine. j 

 Reaction of Brine 



1-2048 



Feebly Al- 

 kaline. 



1-2001 



Feebly Al- 

 kaline. 



1-2049 



Slightly Al- 

 kaline. 



1-2013 



Feebly Al- 

 kaline. 



Saline matter contained 

 in a gallon of Brine. . . 



Chloride of Sodium 



Bromide of do 



Carbonate of Soda 



Carbonate of Magnesia. 



Grains. 

 21704-71-2 

 8-686 

 382-885 

 19-397 

 1 686 

 63-252 



Grains. 

 21187 234 

 9-240 

 328-467 

 30-242 



89-887 

 122-650 



Grains. 

 21528-550 

 13-326 

 379-543 

 26-989 

 5-060 

 155-191 



Grains. 

 21302-772 

 16986 

 351-500 



43727 

 84-977 



Chloride of Magnesium 







143 795 









22180-618 



21767-720 



22108-659 



21948-758 



Toward the latter part of the autumn of last year, a considerable 

 panic was created by a sudden outcry being raised that the supply 

 of brine was rapidly diminishing over the whole of Cheshire. I 

 made at the time many inquiries as to the truth of this statement, 

 which had found its way into the public journals, and it proved, 

 as is usual in such cases, that the accounts although based upon 

 truth, was very much exaggerated. A diminution in the supply 

 of brine is a phenomenon of no unfrequent occurrence, and is in 

 fact of two kinds — periodical and occasional. A periodical sink- 

 ing of the water in the brine-shaft is found to occur in the summer 

 season, the brine rising with the approach of winter, and attaining 

 its highest level about December or January : these alterations 

 have, generally been very regular, but during the year 1856 a total 



