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drogen appears, and lastly, the carbonated water. We must, therefore, 
refer the production of these gases to more general, and probably more 
effective agencies. 
It may be proper to state, as it may throw some light upon this in- 
teresting subject, that at the Albany spring a tube is sunk into the bor- 
ing about a hundred feet, and to it is attached a pump for raising the 
water into a cistern. When the pump has been worked for some time, 
the sulphur water sinks below the surface of the ground, and again ap- 
pears, when the pumping has ceased. After the mineral water is dis- 
charged from the cistern, and the pressure is thus relieved, the inflamma- 
ble gas flows out. It burns with a reddish white flame, blue at the base. 
Neither this gas nor the water contain the least portion of sulphuretted 
hydrogen. 
Composition of the Albany mineral water.* In one pint. Specific 
gravity at 60° F. 1 .00900. Temperature 51° to 52°. 
Chloride of Sodium, 63 . 00 grains. 
Carbonate of Soda, 5 . 00 « 
Carbonate of lime, 4 . 00 " 
Carbonate of magnesia, 2 . 00 " 
Carbonate of iron with a little silica, .... 1 . 00 " 
75.00 " 
Carbonic acid, 28 cubic inches. 
The following is Dr. Meade's analysis of the water, from the same 
spring, subsequently procured: 
Chloride of sodium, 59 . 00 grains. 
Carbonate of soda, 5 . 00 " 
Carbonate of lime, 4 . 00 " 
Carbonate of magnesia, 1.50 " 
Carbonate of iron, 1.00 " 
Muriate of lime, 0.50 " 
71.00 " 
Gaseous contents, 26 cubic inches. 
Halleck Spring. — A spring has recently been discovered in Oneida 
county, which appears to deserve a place in this class. It is situated 
* The portion of this water which I analyzed, was obtained from the boring, soon after its 
mineral character was first noticed. The amount of carbonate of iron obtained from it was 
not, as I have flince learned, all chemically combined. I have accordingly made the proper 
correction. 
