Note 64 — Chapter XXXII · MINERAL SPRINGS AND CHOICE OF SPA
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Sir William Ramsay’s Analysis of the Bath Waters.
Density of the water from King’s Well 1·0166
Osmotic pressure equivalent to that of a salt solution containing per litre 1·09 grams NaCl.
Volume of gas in twenty-four hours from—
Litres.
King’s Well 4,927
Cross Spring 218
Hetling Spring 218 (estimated).
5,363
Analysis of gas (King’s Well)—
Parts per 10,000.
Carbon dioxide 360
Nitrogen, etc. 9,640
No oxygen, no hydrogen, no marsh gas.
The nitrogen contains—
Argon 73·63
Neon 23·34
Helium 2·97
From all three wells in twenty-four hours—
Litres.
Argon 39
Neon 12½
Helium 1½
Gases dissolved in Pump-room Water.—This water contains 18·5 volumes of gas per 1,000 of water. Its composition is—
Carbon dioxide 6·9
Nitrogen 11·6
It had become somewhat aerated on drawing, but allowance has been made for that.
Milligrams per million litres.
Radium in the water of the King’s Well 0·1387
Niton (radium emanation) in the water of King’s Well 1·73
” ” ” ” of Cross Bath 1·19
” ” ” ” of Hetling Bath 1·70
” ” ” in the gas from King’s Well 33·65