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during tlie same period. An arclied roof, suppovted by sand- stone-columns, protccts tbc wells from tlie influence of the wcatlier. There are niany pafients to be seen every morn- ing, walking to and fro under the piazza of the Badhotel, glass in hand, and sipping tlieir half pint of chickcnbroth “with the chill olf,” or quaffing tlieir cups of “cold with- out.” Some over-refined persons, wanting something nice, will occasionally teil the girl “to draw it mild”, or take tlieir allowance in “half and half,” yet tlieir numbcr is but small, .tlie majority cnjoying tlieir morning drauglit neat and unadultcrated. — Dropping however the sublime, and returning to our accustomed dcscriptive jog-trot, we now procced to an account of the Chemical and physical pro- pcrties of the waters.
The waters of the Wildbad tlicrms have been chemically investigated by Staudenmeyer, Lampadius, Sigwart and Weiss, and byMr. Degen, Counsellor to the board of mincs at Stuttgart. The principal ingredient they contain, is Chloride of soda, with a small quantity of silicious matter. — According to the analysis of Dr. Sigwart and Dr. Weiss, madc in 1830, sixtecn ounces of the thermal water contain: of solid ingredients
Chloride of soda.
. 1,82
grains
Carbonate of soda ....
. 0,53
»
Sulphate of soda.
Carbonate of lime ....
. 0,34
»
Sulphate of potash ....
. 0,02
Carbonate of magnesia . . .
. 0,07
Carbonate of iron i
. 0,02
Carbonate of manganese > '
Silicia.
»
3,59
grains
along with a minute quantity of bituminous matter.