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Paper, 'On the probable origin of some magnesian rocks' by T [Thomas] Sterry Hunt

Reference number: AP/40/19

Date: 1857

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Hunt shares some analyses of the waters of the western basin of Canada, where he found 'large quantities of chlorides of calcium and magnesium'. He suggests that 'it is very easy to trace a relation between the saline waters, containing carbonate of magnesia, and another class of springs in which the predominant element is carbonate of soda, with small quantities of common salt, borax and earthy carbonates.' He shares the results of his analysis in a table.

Subject: Geology / Chemistry

Received 10 July 1857. Read 18 March 1858. Communicated by Thomas Graham.

A version of this paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the probable origin of some magnesian rocks'.

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AP/40/19
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1857
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Thomas Sterry Hunt, Paper, 'On the probable origin of some magnesian rocks' by T [Thomas] Sterry Hunt, 1857, AP/40/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_40_19/paper-on-the-probable-origin-of-some-magnesian-rocks-by-t-thomas-sterry-hunt, accessed on 14 August 2026

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