Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-08-30
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Water is not only the most useful
fluid which we possess, but the most
common, it comes III every shower
and Is combined with the mir We
breathe,
1t is found iii four separate states on
forms, MS ice, water, vapor and i'll com
hination with other substances, 10 one
body it gives hardness, toanother trans
parcncy, and to others heat
As y rule, all bodies, whether solid or
fluid. contract iii cooling, but water is
an exception to the rule, for il IN
crcascs in bulk and becomes lighter
as ii gets cooler. If this wise ar
rangement were not in force all oar
rivers in wintcrwould hea mass of solid
ice.
Water, i'll freezing, becomes intensely
cold, but cold water and cold sulphuric
acid, mixed III certain proportions, be
come intensely hot
Water is heavier than air, and yet,
mixed with the mir in thelorm Of vapor,
il occupies space 400 times greater
than il did in its ordinary liquid state.
A cubic inch fwatcr will make nCary
acubic foot of steam.
Water in the shape of steam at low
pressure, will scald the hand and blister,
but ut high pressure, and with double
heat, viii not sCald Or blister
Water, under certain circumstances.
will change lis condition without any
apparent cause. Ships leaving the port
Of London take their supply Of water
from the Thames Tins water is SAID
70 have some peculiarpropertics which
render il fit forlong sen voyages After
few weeks or less II turns putrid and
offensive, then it changes lis character
altogether, and becomes pure and pal
atahlc, and better than amy other water
for sea stock.
Water from the Rhone, If allowed 70
settle and then put into earhern vessels,
will not purify by heat, though il
soon becomes tetid if put INTO wooden
ones.
Iii imperial Rome there was good
water, and good supply Three hun
bred gallons daily was the allowance for
each inhabitant.
The present supply Of water Ill thc
city of New York amounts % about
sixty.Gye gallons per head per day.
How much is wasted We are not
told.
According to Professor Chandler, Gro
ton water is remarkably free from inn
purities, AZ il contains les than five
grains Of organic and inorganic matter
per gallon Tie watcrat Philadelphia
contains less than four
Iii some parts " NE kingdom VI
Portugal the waters Of the springs arc
81 hard that for mary purposes they
are quite useless but he waters If the
wells in Edinburgh are 50 soft that soap
may be dissolved and he water remain
transparent.
The deeper tile wtll the harder the
water will ia the majority 81 cases
hold good.
Iron il water viii siye beacher Of
cloth rs end 81 trorblc Dr. Home
mentions the case of n woman in Scot
land Who bleachcd Der own household
linen. After watering some webs in q
spring near her hous t. her great sur
prise Size found they tccame reddcr and
redder every day HE attributed i d
witshcraft, blamed tn person rhc hated
most, aud sold the cldh for ! trillc. The
water wa aftcrRard found % contain
large amount of ron h locating
works for bleaching or dying, care
.honld bc taken III lnye the water ana
wed before i purchase 81 land Y
made.
Cases 81 lead.pOi9ning often occur
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