Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-21
F-coMMuNIcATED.1
From the Nev England Farmer.
ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF
SALT, &c.
JAMAICA PLAIN. April 90, 1883.

r G. FEssENpEN. Esa.-Sir:-In your New
England Farmer. of 18th March, 1882, you pub
lished an article furnished by me. on the subject
Of Salt, lin consequence Of an article from the
New York Medical Repository, by Dr.. Mitchell,
on the destructive qualities Of liverpool Sail,
iu which paper l gave you an extract from Ures
Chemistry, 4th edition. 1881, an analysis Of ele-
ven sorts Of Salt, aud my expectations OF being
enabled to furnish you an analysis. by an able
chemist Of our own country, Of several foreign
as well as American Salts
Iprotured eight samples. as per particulars be-
low, and President Quincy was so obIlsing as TO
request DR.. Webster, Professor Of Chemistry OF
Harvard University. to analyse them. lie has
sent me the result, which | now give you, OF ooo
grains Of each.
I. Sicily coarse salt, 4Zs Muriate OF Soda,
al Sulpht. of Masnesia. 81 Sulpht. OF Lime, AZ
AIuminous matter, o. Muriate Of Magnesla, Il
Muriate Of Lime, 81 Insoluble earthly matter.
8 PASSPORT, Me-, 491 Nitrate OF Soda, 81
SuIpht. of Lime. 81 Nitrate Of Magnesla, Mu-
rate of Lime. 2 lnsolubie earthly matter.
a. New York, fine, 48S Mariate of Soda, 81
Sulpht. Of Magnesla, 81 Suipht. OF Lime, 4 Mu-
rate OF Magnesia. Q Muriate OF Lime.
7. St. Ubes, coarse. 479i Muriate Of Soda. 9
Sulpht. of Magnesia. l 0Sulpht. Of Lime. MI
rld'e OF NlSShcstds IL ""S
lubfe earthly matter.
9 Quincy, Mass. 4S4a Muriate of Soda, 5
Suipht. Of Magnesia, S Suipht. OF Lime, Al Mu.
rate of Lime. Q In.oluhle earthly matter.
8. Naive Rock or Mineral Salt from Cheshire.
England. i9l3 Muriate Of Soda, 81 Sulpht. OF
Lime, 5 ~Insolubie earthly matter.
Q liverpool coarse fine. The Muriate Of Soda
and other constituents agreed so nearly with the
results from No. 8. as did the results from No. 6,
H.iverpool finest, that | find them noted on m
book, as the same, differing only in the state of
mechanical division.
5. Turks Island Salt. very nearly the same re.
suits as No 1. In the sample from Sicily. No.
1, | obtained an indication of a minute proper
ton Of Iodine. |. w. w.
No 8 was a specimen Of Salt manufactured at
PASSPORT, in Maine, from the English Cheshire
Rock or mineral salt Large quantities OF 1t, are
there manufactured, aud 1t appears to posses pre-
cisely the qualities of Liverpool Salt. all ofOhich
l believe is manufactured frem the Mineral rock
and springsof Cheshire.
No. q was from a basket Of fine table salt ma
nu'actured at one OF the salt establishments IN
the western part of Nsw Fork.
No. ) was a specimen Of salt from President
Quincy's own salt works at Mass. evaporated
from sea water. His works have long been con.
sidered as producing 1t Of superior quality.
After the examination, OF the different salts
usually for sale in our markets. | trust there
need be no longer any fear in using them. on ac-
count OF any bad properties they may have been
supposed to possess. Onlv bearing in mind that
their use should be BY ueight, not measure. II
for butter | have no doubt the fine Liverpool Tor
E,stport) is as good as any other, provided the
butter be thoroughly we'll made aud worked
have for many years had no other used, till
the past year l purchased the best Turks Island
l could find. and had it well washed and ground
fine. We do 90, perceive the least difference in
the butter, having used precisely the same weighf.
There is no doubt Tor packing meat and Jssh
the ~coarsest sal { should be used, as keeping the
meat separate, and being lonsern dlssoiv'ng.
Yours. truly, JOHN PRINcE.