Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York.

  • Salisbury, Samuel, 1806-1850.
Date:
1838
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Credit: Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    By volume 10.000 parts arc Ilvdrosulphuric Acid 434 Nitrogen 223 Oxygen 25 004 ■ Note.—The clilorinc is assigned to calcium, as the chloride of calcium is oftener found in those waters which contain but little saline matter. There remains ,006 sulphuric acid apparently in excess, which is accounted for by the difficulty of separating ac- curately, magnesia from other earthy salts. The quantity of car- bonate of lime exceeds the equivalent quantity of carbonic acid necessary to render it soluble in pure water, considerably ; and this fact afTords a probable explanation of the character this wa- ter exhibits, when tested by colored papers UPPER SPRING. Tins Spring has been in use since 1827. It has been proved by the cures which it has effected, to possess similar medicinal qualities to the Lower ; and is, by some, even more highly pri- zed. Insensible properties, it bears a close resemblance to it; but there is a peculiar sweetness of taste which distingushes it. The deposit around it is mostly of a dark blue colour, while that of the Lower is white. It rises about sixty rods cast of the other, and is at an elevation considerably above it. The bed of sand through which I am informed this water oozes, is about twenty feet, and the rock about thirty feet, below the surface of the ground. One gallon from this spring, according to Professor Hadley, of the Institution of Fairfield, Herkimer county, was found to contain the following substances, and nearly in the fol- lowing proportions, viz:—