Specific Gravity 1·0097. Temperature 57° F.
The evaporation of a quantity equal to 1000 grains of distilled water gave 7·2 grains of salt, thus composed:—
| Chlorine | 3·577 | |
| Sodium | 1·665 | or Soda 2·238. |
| Magnesia | 0·440 | |
| Lime | 0·366 | |
| Silica and iron with a trace of phosphate of lime | 0·200 | |
| Carbonic acid | 0·493 | |
| 6·741 | ||
| Organic matter and loss | 0·459 | |
| 7·200 |
B. Analysis by Dr. Oscar Pieper of Hamburg of the water
obtained by Mr. Kleinschmidt in May, 1876.[[25]]
The report stated that the water was clear, neutral in reaction and salt-bitter in taste, brown flakes of hydrated iron oxide occurring in it after long standing. The dissolved salts amounted to “8·48 g. per litre,” and the remark is made that “the concentration is therefore not so great as in sea-water.” The solid constituents consisted in by far the greatest part of Natrium and Calcium chlorides. A quantitative determination, which on account of the small quantity of the water was confined to “eine Chlor und Kalkbestimmung,” gave this result:—
| Chlor (Chlorine) | 4·79 | g. per | litre. |
| Kalk (Lime) | 2·31 | " | " |
Reckoned as Chlornatrium (Kocksalz) and Chlorcalcium, these results were obtained:—
| Chlorcalcium (Calcium chloride) | 4·55 | g. per | litre. |
| Chlornatrium (Sodium chloride) | 3·09 | " | " |
Amongst other constituents found in small quantities were Sulphuric acid, Silicic acid (Kieselsäure), Potash, and Iron oxide. Iodine, Bromine, Nitrates, and Borates were completely wanting. “If this water,” says Dr. Pieper, “has healing properties, it does not owe them to its chemical composition.”