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University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
COMPARISON OF SIMILAR WATERS. 
The amount of mineral matter contained in some of the so- 
called ‘‘soft’’ waters of the worldis noted below. 
In the Apa- 
lachian and Green Mountain regions of the United States, where 
the rocks are granite or sandstone, and where there is fre- 
quently very little soil through which the water can percolate, 
the purest waters are found. 
Grains 
per gallon. 
Sheep Rock, Lowell, Mass., artesian well, boredin granite, .81 
Paradise spring, Brunswick, Me 
Pownal spring, West Pownal, Me 
Pure spring, Cresson, Pa....... 
Pavilion spring, Wernersville, Pa 
Holly spring, Woonsocket, R. I 
Lechauweki spring, Bethlehem, Pa...................... 
Poland spring, South Poland, Me 
Jordan, chalybeate, Rockbridge county, Virginia........ 
Tunbridge Wells, England..... 
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Silurian spring, Waukesha, Wis 
Schlangerbad, Germany ....... 
Aix-les-Bains, France.......... 
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KANSAS WATERS. 
Conway Springs................ 3.41 
BrookvillesNow Jee eee 3.84 
Californians teach Coa eee 6.13 
Caveispring es see eee 6.75 
BrookvillepNowlisiene ssn 8.09 
Salads prin esc eee 8.15 
Delaware springs............... 
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Kansas Clarus.......... aaa 20.83 
* Carbon dioxid to form bicarbonates is not included. 
