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ARTISAN WELLS.
Da POa.. wen Of I.OuI.vllle, Ky.
LOrnvIllr, Nov. ls. 1858.

debied % fOnhnson's EneyelspediS, also
Osber nrces q good authority.
Adssiau wells Il seems are not Of mod
cru invention. but were made rs long as
one or two thousand years ago, BY the
Chinese; but however, their introduction
into one ofibe provinces Of France { ar
Iesiuml during the reign Of Louis XVI.
gave raiss 10 The name arlesian. This
clsss Of wells differs hom the common
yell 10 tbe following particulars, viz: they
are much smaller 10 diameter, eeldom ex>
eeeline fSe inches. are much deeper,
often thousands Of feet, and usually dis
charge tireif Nsters At the surface Of the
earth, and sometimes send columns Of wa
ter and f,mu Of ignited gas many feet
into The air.
The Instruments usJd 10 forming these
wells. are net The spade, pick or gqnpow.
der; but generally, the excavsting tool
sa retal drill in the form OF chi,el, the
base or lower end Of which is as wide ss
the bore Of the well is desired. To the
ehisel is sttached a strong iron rod from
twenty TO twenty FIVE feet in length, and
upon it, piece upon piece Of long 70 Of
slroag 6brom good, from time TO time as
Ibe increasing depths Of the well requires.
The united rods form . long one which Is
attached to q mechanical arrangement
made for the purpose, and 10 which man.
horse or steam power may be 80 applied
as 10 give It an upward and downward
motion o! sbout Is or 20 inches.
The supply Of water to artesiau wells, Is
the ssme a. in other wells. Il will raise
10 them, OF above tbe.J, no higher than
ita source. The source Of the artesian well
of this place, is l70 fee: above tho surface.
Hence Il is that il a tube be placed per.
pendicularly over tie well, The water will
raise 10 the above mentioned height
f'te use Of altcsiSn wells is various. 1t il
'fouLd by experiment that at the distance
81 90 feet below t surface, Farenheira
thermometer indicates So deg. the whole
wear. and that the temperature universally
increases at the rate Of ] deg. for every
so feet below go feet. The water Of ar
tesian wells of the sane temperature that
the cath is 10 which il is found. Hence
from deep wsllI. it is often quite warm,
and even sometimes hot, consequently, il is
often used IN warming large houses by be
ing ccndueted through their several up
psstmsnts in pipes. The water Ct these
wells are not oniy thus used, but are fire.
duently u'ed as moving powor. 10 the
villsgs Of ,GoiuGem, near Bethume the
water Of four oft ESQ wells 10 used as the
moving power of a four mill. At Tours
an atesian we'll pouIs 2S7 gallons Of water
Ter minute into the trough Of water
wheel 7l feet in diameter which is the
moving power Of large silk factory; in
another place, At FountiS, near Aiso the
Uaitsd waters Cf 10 sltesian wells are
made TO turn the mill stones Of large nj l.
20 blow tbs bellows and beat the ham
inrls Of ual factory. Green Houses
are heated with tue waters Of these wells
Hospitals are Narmtd, cities may ba clean
red of their AIthy nuiMnce. Arlesiar
wells are Of lwo kiods, the Positive which
1aings water up from belOv. and th'
Neestive which is Ussd in dIaining from
the surface Of the earth by carrying il hI
Gcwn to some dry substratum which alb.
scFbs ii.
Some Of the most remarkable wells are
4hs tollowing:- 0rennsls we'll at Paris.
Il. 1909 f. deep. and discharges one'hali
million ofgAllons Of water per "a hours
Kesslnger well in Bavaria, this we'll is
1878 feet deep, from il 100 cubic feet Of
wstsr gushss out every minute, 81 pei
cent Off is salt; Charleston we'll, Charles
ton s. G.. is 1860 Il. deep aud discharges
$4,000 galIoni per e4 hours. The well
q, ST. Louis discharges $4,000 PER a
hours.
;aIlaving thus far sndenvored to give an
outline OF the history. philosophy, and
use of artesian wells we will row more
psitieuIarly write Of Du Points artesiaD
well. This we'll is situated In this City
ON loh I. near Main, at the louisville
Paper Mill. Messrs. Du Pont having =
large paper mill in which they use 10 bbls.
of water per minute, having but q scsnty
supry OF water for their purposes, coin
metc j the boring tof their well in
ofAplil 1857, aud completed II Aug.
6c-alvipg bored to the depth 20s6
A. The 10 first Il. Of the well Is 8 iucle es
II III meter from thence TO the bottom Is
5 inches. Al The depth Of 1897 4. the
dra stream tfwater was encountered thll
reached the surface. The water poured
firth very abundanlly and with great
pressure, but not enough to supply the
mill ard tle boieing was continued. IA
b F'ng progressed the discharge Of the we'll
v greatly augmented.
Wien At the present depth Of the well,
Messrs. Do Pont we're prevailed upon by
tile urgent request of many citizens to stoI
ave boring, that tile medicinal ppperlie
nfths waters which were gushing forth q
the rate o $50 g ions per minute, might b
tested. The following ia synopsis Of th
% snsIy,i. 81 The waller by Prof ]. Law
renee Smith. OftLis city. .s' n.s'
Solid substances 10 one gal 10 grains.
Oak ride Sodium B2l.5 q
Calcium 65.7 "
otbsg Clorids, rsIss' POO"
eu'phsie Soda gi 722a
p rat - NsgucAs a1 77.s Z"
70 ss" Line ao.a So.7
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