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a minute, although this was thought to be below what it usually accom- 
plishes. The temperature of the brine as it passes from the tube into 
the reservoir, is 51° F. It has the same sparkling appearance as the 
Salina brine, and when recently drawn behaves with the tests of iron in 
a similar way, except that the changes of color are not so rapidly pro- 
duced. 
The specific gravity of brine taken from the Syracuse Well on the 
21st of September,* was 1 . 10499 at 60° F. The amount of dry solid 
matter in 1000 grains of the same brine, is 139.53 grs. The follow- 
ing are the results of my analysis. 
Carbonate of lime, 0 . 14 
Sulphate of lime, 5 . 69 
Chloride of calcium, 0.83 
Chloride of magnesium, • 0.46 
Chloride of sodium or common salt, 132 .39 
Oxide of iron, with a minute portion of silica and carbonate 
of lime, 0.02 
Carbonic acid, holding in solution carbonate of lime and oxide 
of iron, 0.07 
Water, with a trace of organic matter and bromine, 860 .40 
1000.00 
There are 1063 grains of dry chloride of sodium in a wine pint of 
this brine, and 8506 grains, or 1.21 lbs. avoird. in a gallon: and it 
requires forty-six and a quarter of these gallons for a bushel of perfectly 
dry salt, or about, forty-four gallons for a bushel in its ordinary state. 
Geddes Wells.— l^heve are two wells at this village: The one nearest 
the lake, is a hundred and twenty-four feet below its level; the other 
is near the pump house, and is a hundred and seventy-six feet below 
the level of the lake% ' 
The temperature of this brine is exactly the same as that of the Sy- 
racuse well; it has the same appearance, but the tests of iron produce 
a more marked effect than upon either of the former. Its specific gra- 
* 1 have reason to believe that the stfength of this brine varies considerably during the sea- 
■fion. On the 13th of June, 1837, the specific gravity was found to be 1 .10978, while at the 
isame time the specific gravity of the Salina brine was 1.10884, showing that the former con- 
tained more saline matter than the latter. The brine taken from each of the wells on the 21st 
of September, had a specific gravity for the Salina brine of 1.11060, and for the Syracuse, of 
1» 10499; showing that the former had increased in strength by the three months' pumping, 
while the latter had become weaker. Whether these results are owing to a difference in the 
situation of the two wells, or in their construction and management, I am not at present pre- 
pared to say. I found a slight diminution also in the strength of the Geddes brine during the 
same period. 
