Water, action of, on lead, xxxiv, 25; xlvi, 398.
—, analysis of, from Black Sea, xx, 188.
—, —, from Dead Sea, B. Silliman, Jr., xlviii, 10.
—, —, from sea, near Brighton, G. Schweitzer, xxxviii, 12.
—, —, from the spouting fountain near Naples, xxv, 195.
—, —, from the Rio Vinagre, Boussingault xxiv, 149.
—, boiling point of, different in vessels of different materials, xlvii, 190.
—, —, used in measuring heights, xxxvii, 19.
—, boring for, xix, 203; xxvii, 399.
—, —, in the United States, xii, 136.