48 MR. F. SUTTON ON A WELL AT KIRBY BEDON. 
was told by the keeper’s wife, that it bad sometimes come up quite 
warm, and even gave off a steam when exposed to the cold air. 
I have no doubt this is quite true, as the chemical action going on 
with such materials would certainly produce a high temperature. 
After exposure to the air for an hour or two the water becomes 
opaque, and deposits a bright red precipitate of oxide of iron, — 
practically the same thing as iron rust. 
I now give the figures of analysis for the two samples, one taken 
in June, and the other in December, 1884, and append also the 
proportions of iron found in other natural springs in various parts 
of the world : — 
Analysis of Kirby Bedon Water.— G rains per gallon. 
June, 1884. 
Dec., 1884. 
0.xide of iron 
, 
. 42.24 
17.50 
Lime 
. 60.20 
62.86 
Magnesia 
. 23.71 
17.64 
Sulphuric acid 
. , 
. 155.68 
133.70 
Chlorine 
. 
. 29.40 
27.50 
Carbonic acid and alkalies, ivith some 
alumina and silica 
• 
. 53.20 
48.80 
364.43 
308.00 
Traces of ammonia'and potash 
no phosphoric acid. 
nitric acid. 
or heavy metals. 
Quantities of Oxide of 
Iron in other Natural 
Ferruginous 
AVaters. 
British. 
Boreign. 
Bath 
.189 
Bourbon, France 
. 17.99 
Tunbridge AVells 
2.66 
Vichy, France . 
. 9.66 
Harrogate .... 
2.87 
Carlsbad, Sprudel 
. .154 
Isle of Wight (aluminous 
Spa, Sprudel 
5.22 
chalybeate) 
103.5 
Pyrmont . 
. 4.27 
Holywell, Lancashire . 
1.67 
Ki.ssingen . 
. 3.11 
Hartfell Spa, near Moffat, 
Sellers Wasser . 
. .868 
Scotland 
5.77 
Ballstovvn, New York State 22.61 
Those enormous quantities of iron, magnesia, and sulphuric acid, 
in the Kirby water, are positively startling. If it had been the 
drainage water from an iron mine, one could understand it ; but to 
