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2. I have stated before (§ II. d.) that some difference prevailed in the specific gravity of the several specimens of the water which were examined. A similar want of uniformity was observed in regard to the quantity of solid ingredients, as will appear from the following statement :^[1]

			grains
The	1st	specimen yielded	86.	$\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}$ In the pint of sixteen ounces.
	2d		92.
	3d		63.6
	4th		80.4
	5th		82.8
	6th		77.2
	7th		84. ^[2]
	8th		78.
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			644

These eight results therefore give 80,5 grs. dried at 180°, as the average quantity of solid ingredients in each pint of the water.

In the first of these trials, a whole pint was evaporated; but in the

↑ subsequent ones, the quantity of water was diminished to eight, six, and sometimes only four ounces, all of which, for the sake of uniformity, I have reduced in the table to the common standard of the pint.
↑ This specimen I brought myself from the spring; the others were sent me in sealed bottles from the Isle of Wight.

[1] subsequent ones, the quantity of water was diminished to eight, six, and sometimes only four ounces, all of which, for the sake of uniformity, I have reduced in the table to the common standard of the pint.

[2] This specimen I brought myself from the spring; the others were sent me in sealed bottles from the Isle of Wight.

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