THE ANALYST. 7 O N T E A A S H . BY J . CARTER EELL. F.C.S., &c . The following fifty-eight samples of Tea were bought from grocers in the Borough of Salford and neighbourhood :- 1 Congo . . . . 6.00 .. 48.20 .. 51.80 .. 23.50 Ash soluble Ash insoluble Alkalinityof Ash m watoi . calculated as Potash . in water . Nameof Tea. Ash . 2 I! . . . . 6.94 .. 42.10 .. 57.90 .. 18-90 3 I 7 . . . . 6.10 .. 58.40 .. 41.60 .. 26-50 4 7 3 . . . . 6.06 .. 50.60 .. 49.40 .. 26.36 5 I 9 . . . . 6-06 .. 56.44 .. 43-56 .. 26.36 . . . . 5.84 .. 56.86 .. 43.14 .. 30.57 . . . . 6.00 .. 54.34 .. 45.66 .. 26.53 6 I7 8 ? 9 . . . . 5.68 .. 47-89 .. 52.11 .. 29.78 7 7 ) 9 .. . . . . 5.86 .. 57.34 *. 42.66 .. 28.87 . . . . 5.94 .. 54.89 .. 45.11 * . 26.90 . . . . 6.36 .. 46.86 .. 53.14 .. 22-16 10 1) .. . . 6.06 .. 56-77 .. 43.23 .. 26.36 11 I ? . . . . 6.64 .. 45.79 .. 54.21 .. 22.65 12 I7 . . . . .. 45.11 .. 54-89 .. 20.91 13 7 ) 6.74 6-28 .. 61.15 .. 38-85 .. 25.44 14 .. . . . . 6.08 .. 55.94 .. 44.06 .. 29.37 15 7 7 . . . . 6.30 .. 53.66 .. 46.34 .. 20.88 16 7 7 17 7 7 . . . . 6.24 .. 54.17 .. 45.83 .. 20-71 18 $ 9 . . . . .. 52.54 .. 47.46 .. 26.75 . . . . 59.95 .. 40.05 .. 26.90 6.32 19 ! I 5.94 20 11 21 22 Gra)in . . . . 6.48 .. 58.58 .. 42.42 .. 21-76 . . . . 7.00 .. 43.72 .. 56.28 .. 16-00 . . . . 6.14 .. 61.25 .. 38-75 .. 27.55 23 9 9 24 7 3 . . . . 6-64 .. 45-43 .. 54.57 .. 27-06 . . . . 8-46 .. 37-36 .. 62 -64 .. 15-43 25 ? > . . . . 6.36 .. 57.24 .. 42-76 .. 28.39 26 .. . . . . 7.50 .. 47.47 *. 52.53 .. 23.81 27 9 7 . . . . 6.16 .. 48.06 .. 51.94 ..25.94 28 I ? . . . . 6.36 .. 57.55 .. 42-45 * . 26-60 29 .. . . . . 6-38 .. 67.41 .. 32.59 .. 28.25 30 9 1 . . . . 5.82 * . 58-08 .. 41- Y2 .. 25.84 31 .. . . . . 6.14 .. 50-49 .. 4951 .. 26.02 . . . . 7.06 .. 54.68 .. 45.32 .. 21.30 33 !7 . . . . 6-00 .. 61.34 .. 38.66 .. 26.63 34 17 . . . . 6-08 .. 56.58 .. 4342 .. 27.79 35 $ 9 . . . . 7-24 .. 45-03 .. 54.97 .. 20.77 36 9 7 37 38 Mi2& . . . . 5.82 .. 54-99 .. 45.01 * . 26-83 . . . . 6.24 .. 48.08 .. 51.92 .. 27-11 . . . . 6.00 .. 59.00 .. 41-00 .. 28.20 39 I ? 40 42 7 7 . . . . 7.74 .. 36.00 .. 64.00 .. 14-50 43 I ? . . . . 8-58 .. 32.70 .. 67.30 .. 14.24 . . . . 7l50 .. 87-87 .. 62.13 .. 18.18 44 $ 9 . . . . 7.32 .. 43.45 .. 56.53 .. 17.99 45 ? 9 46 9 9 47 9 9 . . . . 7-00 .. 43.15 .. 56.85 ..25.51 48 1 9 49 7 3 51 7 9 . . . . 6-82 .. 41.94 .. 58.06 .. 20.69 50 I 7 52 I 9 . . . . 6-54 .. 44.35 .. 55435 .. 20.12 . . . . 7.40 .. 38.38 .. 61-62 .. 22.83 . . . . .. 58.44 .. 17.09 .. 41.56 53 9 9 7.70 . . . . .. 53.30 .. 46.70 .. 23-96 54 .. 6.38 56 9 9 . . . . 6-74 .. 49.13 .. 50.87 .. 24.56 55 17 57 9 9 . . . . 6.86 .. 43.45 .. 56.55 .. 21-92 58 Tea Dust . . . . 6.10 .. 49.19 .. 50.81 .. 27.70 .. * . . . . . 6.56 .. 43.00 .. 57.00 .. 20.05 .. 32 7 7 41 Cai& . . . . 5.64 .. 57-38 .. 42.62 * . 26.87 . . . . 6.14 .. 58-70 .. 41-30 .. 24.49 . . . . 7.02 .. 40.46 .. 59.54 . . 20.03 . . . . 6.32 .. 50.00 .. 50.00 . . 25-28 . . . . 5-80 .. 56.56 .. 43-44 .. 25-93 The Note on 6‘ The Adnlteratioii of Bdsam of Peru. ” by Dr . Senier. in our November number.was printed by mistake without acknowlegment . It -was really an abstract contributed by Dr . Senier to. and copied by us from the Xnnitary Engineer. of New York .Desciiption of Sample. Dee. 16 ,, 15 ,, 8 ,, 15 Kent Go.. . . . . . New River . . . . East London . . Southwark & Vauxhall . . } West Middlesei Grand Junctior Lambeth .. ., Chelsea . . . . . , c. p. blue none c. s. yellow none c. yellow green none yellow and clear none ~~ Birmingham . Bolton. . . . . . . Bradford., . . . Brighton.. . . . Bristol . . . . . . . Bury pan.) . Cambridge . . . . Canterbury.. . . Croydon . . . . . . Darlington . . . . Dublin . . . . . , Edinburgh *. . . Exeter . . . . . . . . Grantham . . . . Greenock . . . . Hastings . . . . Ipswich . . . . . . King'sLynn .. Leamington ..yellow p. yellow Dec. 6 clear blue ?, 6 LL turbid yellow ,, 15 v.s.op.,s.pt.yl. ?, 11 c. blsh. green NOT. 28 brownish green I Dee. 6 s. turb yellow SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS. Annlyses of Eizglish Public WateT Supplies in December, 1881. A11 1'esults w e expressed in GRAINS PER GALLON. 22.90 6.42 8-30 21.20 19-20 7.55 26.00 9-80 24.00 11-20 4.35 8.32 7.00 23-18 5.52 28.40 33.45 28.70 30.10 I - mineral mtr, veg. debri: none vegetable debris sand, diatoms min. mtr. veg. deb. satisfactory s. mineral none min. matter veg. debrir satisfactory none earthy and veg. debris diat. confer. & mov. orgs vegetable debris satisfactory inoviiig organisms none ), 14 ,, 21 ,, 20 ,, 19 Nov. 28 Dee. 13 ,, 3 ,, 17 ,, 8 ,, 12 ,, 16 ), 10 ), 1 p. ble. v.-s. turb. c. pale blue f.grnsh. blue s. yellow s. yellow s. brown f. brnsh. yellow s. blue s. turb c. brnsh. yellow grnsh. s. cloudy colourless drty. grsh. yell. greenish none none none none none none none none none none none none f. earthy none none none none none none none none v. faint none 1.98 1.12 1.14 1.24 1.06 1.24 1.24 1.26 1.12 -48 *70 2.05 -90 *88 1.30 1.47 1-05 1.05 -99 -80 -84 1.12 *so 4-90 2.24 1-69 1-54 - Phosphoric Acid in Fhosphetes. trace trace trace trace trace Crace trace trace none none none none none tsace trace none trace trace trace none trace trace none trace trace trace none -490 a269 *203 a170 e l 8 1 -151 -150 -170 -154 -038 none -392 -044 so46 *560 -411 *179 *032 traces trace *lo9 *780 -001 -105 -420 *142 none ,0074 *0028 -0014 .0010 -0012 ~0008 .0010 -0010 -0007 -0015 none ,0084 none 0050 a0014 ,0005 *0060 trace ,0020 trace *0007 -0009 *0009 *0035 -0030 .0028 -0028 -0030 -0028 -0078 -0070 -0060 ,0076 ~0080 *0115 ,0063 ,0049 -0041 4042 no072 ,0028 -0006 -0010 ,0035 -0060 -0024 -0038 *0015 *0115 *0052 0033 a0056 -0021 I_ ~0080 *0400 ,0160 -0600 -0673 ,0334 -0644 ,0590 ,0013 ~0188 .0260 ~0040 -0179 -0170 *Oil56 +0020 *0084 -0541 *0050 a0160 4045 *I700 -0020 none a0200 none L l1ours at SO0 Fahr.-0120 *0800 *OM0 *lo88 *lo96 *0926 -1064 ,0980 -0044 -0370 -1560 -0040 -0358 ~0370 4084 *0060 -0084 -1174 ~0300 *0400 *0721 *Ol% *2000 -0050 -0054 -3587 -0045 HARDNESS, Clark's ScaIo, in degrees. 20.80 1 5.50 160° ~ 3.5" 15-0" 1 4.0° 14.P ' 4.0° 13.7" 1 3.8' 14.7" 4.6O 14.5O ' 4.0° 17 0" ' 4.5' 12-20 3-20 4-50 12%' 16*8" 4-50 lfi*O" 5-0" 15.5" 9-50 1-3' 4.90 2.9" 14.8' 1.80 9-50 23.5' 18*0° 26.1' 6*0° 3-0° 4-30 3%" 1-6O 4.40 5.0' 3.40 6 .5 O 4.50 * 6 O 4.7" 2.9' 5-00 1 -6' 6-00 4.5O 6 * 5 O 13.6O 4 1 ANALYSTS. Wigner & Harland. B. Dyer. Wigner & Harland. J. Muter. 0. Hehner. A. Wynter-Blyth. J. Muter. A. Dnpr6. A. Hill. W. €I. Watson. F, M. Rimmington. Wigner cft Harland. F. W. Stoddart. W. H. Watson. J. West Enights. S. Harvey. C. Heisch. W. P. K. Stock. C. A. Cameron. J. Falconer King. F. P. Perkins. A. Ashby. J. W. Biggart. H. H. Cheshire J. Napier. W. Johnstone. A. Bostock Hill.SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ANALYSTS. Analyses of English Public Water Supplies in December, 1881. A11 i*esults a7.e expressed in GRAINS PER GALLON. Dee. 19 ,, 9 Nov. 28 Description of Sample. Leicester... . . . Liverpool . . . . Maidstone- * Wtr. Comganj Wtr. Companj Public Conduil Manchester.. . . Nemark . . . . . . Newcastle -on- Tyne.. . . . @ Norwich . . . . . . Nottingham . . Portsnlouth . . Reading . . . . . . Bochdale . . . . Rugby ....=... Sallord . . . . . . Shrewsbury , . Southampton., Swansea . . . . . . Whitehaven .. Wolverhampton I s. yellow none grnsh. yellow s.peaty brn. v. muddy Dee. 12 grsnh. brn. opq. ,, 9 1 grn. blue ,* 21 v. s. turb. f.yell. ,, 17 c. grnsh. blue ,, 8 f . yellow none none none none decided none none none none none none none none none ,, 10 ,, 14 ,, 12 ,, 1 ,, 18 ,, 13 ,) 1 ,, 10 ,, 21 ,, 16 ,, 8 ,, 15 1.73 1.08 2.20 2.90 2.10 *62 1-30 -85 2.00 1.91 1-12 1.10 48 1.26 -70 1-45 1.26 -90 *39 1.33 p. gmsh. yellow c. grnsh.blue v. s. turbid f. grnsh. yellow pale blue f. turbid v. cloudy yellow c. colourless c. p. yellow s. turbid c. f. green brownish Phosphoric Acxd in Phosphates. trace trace h. trace traoe trace none ti ace trace trace none trace trace none h. trac,e none trace h. trace trace noiie trace -0% a062 -470 -570 -380 none -052 *036 *058 1.400 -240 el45 -010 -130 -260 *493 none -004 -126 -0017 ! *0039 *0007 ' *0021 -0060 j -0331 *0014 I *0049 *0038 -0024 -0010 traces -0012 trace -0014 -0030 -006 *0028 none -0030 .0010 none -0007 none ' -0028 *0055 -0043 -0080 *0044 -0066 -0021 *0081 ,0028 -0196 -0070 -0040 -00% ~0063 a0008 -0063 Fahr. -0225 ,0392 -1495 -0501 -0031 -0111 ,0154 4570 ~0340 4040 none -020 .0002 -0280 *0440 *0080 .0030 -0083 -0224 4 hours at 80° Fahl. *0840 *lo55 *2996 +0548 *0039 ,1112 ~0406 ,1020 +0620 a0040 none .05 6 ,0070 *0532 ,1340 *0080 -0040 *0173 -05 60 HARDNESS.2 in de Before ;oiling. 8 - 4 O 5.2' 10*4O 19.7' 19-50 2-10 17.2O 16-0° 15-0° 1 1 . 5 O 17.00 15.1' 2 . 8 O ll.oo 3-00 21.5' 15.0° 1.6" -40 13.1O 5.0' 4 * 2 O 6.3' 9*1° 7*7O 2*oo 14.0' 5.7" 4*0° 5.5O 2.00 4*0° 2.5' 8.5' 2 * 5 O 7-5O 5.0' 1.6' -40 6.7' 14.60 9.52 33.20 43.50 36.70 4-91 37.15 21.00 20 00 27-80 18.20 19.85 3.80 16.80 10.00 24.68 23.00 4.40 1.90 22.40 Mieroscopicrtl Exambation of Deposit. vegetable debris s. vegetable debris reg. debris earthy matte] mineral matter none s. mineral diatoms satisfactory satisfactory mycelium, veg. debris vegetable amorphous debris satisfactory sms.,hrs.,vg.db.,snd.,&c oxide of iron none vegetable debris uone satisfactory earthy and few diatoms BNALY ST 9. W. L. Enimerson. A. Smetliam. M. A. Adams. N. A. Adams. X. A. Adams. W. Thomson. A. Ashby. J. Pattinson. W. G. Crook. Wigner & Harland W. J. Sykes. J. Shea. T. A. Collinge. A. P. Smith. J. Carter Bell. T. P. Blunt. A. Angell. W, Morgan. A. Kitchin. E. W. T. Jones. Abbreviations:-o., clear; f., faint j h., heavy; p., pale; v. h., very heavy; v. s., very slight. * When River was flooded.