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§ XVII. Conclusion.

On reviewing and connecting together all the foregoing results, it appears that each pint, or sixteen-ounce measure of the aluminous chalybeate, contains the following ingredients:

Of carbonic acid gas three-tenths of a cubic inch. granns
Sulphat of iron, in the state of crystallized green sulphat 41,4
Sulphat of alumine, a quantity which if brought to the state of crystallized alum, would amount to 31,6
Sulphat of lime, dried at 160° 10,1
Sulphat of magnesia, or Epsom salt, crystallized 3,6
Sulphat of soda, or Glauber salt, crystallized 16,0
Muriat of soda, or common salt, crystallized 4,0
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107,4

I am not acquainted with any chalybeate or albuminous spring, in the chemical history of mineral waters, which can be compared, in regard to strength, with that just described. The Hartfell water, and that of the Horley-green spaw near Halifax, both of which appear to be analogous to this in their chemical composition, and were considered as the strongest impregnations of the kind, are stated by Dr.