DEATH OF HOUSES AND COWS FROM DRINKING BAD WATER. 79 
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The total solids were 12'6 grains per gallon. 
Of this, organic matter 4'Sl grains. 
mineral 7'69 „ 
The ash, after red heat, amounted to 8 grains. 
Total hardness of water . 30^ 
Permanent ditto . . 30° 
After precipitation with lime . 24° 
Ditto and boiled . 22‘5° 
Chlorine . 1*367 grains per gallon. 
A gallon contained therefore^ 
grains. 
Organic matter . A*81 
Sulphate of lime . 2*856 . 
Magnesia . . 2*87 
Chloride of Sodium . 1*759 • 
12-295 
Loss . . *205 
12*5 solid matter per gallon. 
grains. 
. 2*856 
. 2*87 
. 1*759 
*515 other salts. 
8*00 ash per gallon. 
"2. Analysis of Water, labelled ^ Stagnant Pond’ 
“ Slightly milky, no strong smell. 
^^Tlie microscope showed infusoria, eggs of a rotifer, 
minute algte, crowds of diatoms, and much decaying vegetable 
matter. 
Ileagents showed the following mineral substance: 
chlorine, free acid, lime, sulphuric acid, magnesia. No 
metallic poison, no ammonia, nor sulphuretted hydrogen. 
Total solids were . . 22*4 grains per gallon. 
Of this, organic matter . 12*41 „ „ 
mineral . . 9*99 „ „ 
The ash amounted to 7 grains : COo driven oil'. 
Total hardness of the water . . 41° 
Permanent ..... 30° 
Temporary.11° 
Magnesia hardness . . . 18° 
Chlorine . . . 1*663 grains per gallon. 
A gallon contained 
Organic matter . - 12*41 
Cliloride of calcium . 2*568 . . 2*568 
Carbonate of lime . 3*85 . . 3*85 
Sulphate of lime . . 1*112 . . 1*112 
Magnesia . . . 2-24 . . 2*24 
21*771 9*77* 
Other salts, &c. . . ‘629 
22*4 total solids. 
* This contains carbonic acid, which being driven off would reduce the 
quantity to 7 grains, the ash. 
