Box 1, Folder 5: Diaries 1827-1828

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Clouds Horizontal or slightly inclined masses attenuated towards apart of the whole of their circumference bent downwards or undulated separate or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. The compound modifications are Cumulo-Stratus The cirro-stratus blended

[Right page] Meteorological Table 67 Shipping post Ky September 1827

[weather data for September 1827]

[Left page] Meteorology [weather data for September 1827]

[Right page] Meteorology [weather data for November 1827 and December 1827]

[Left page] Percentum on $22.00 $5.30 Comstocks Minerology $2.00 Nicolas' portable ballance [balance] .25 Map of Tennessee .37 1/2 Percentum on $75 $18.75

[Right page] Chemestry [Chemistry] Is the science which enables us to discover the peculiar properties of all Natural bodies either in their simple or Compund state.

[Left page] Simple Earths There are nine earths [vis?] silica alumina, zirconia, glucina, yttria barytes, lime, and magnesia, Silica white, inodorous, insipid, insoluble in water and every acid except the fluoric and [infusible?] feels gritty between the teeth, Humina or pure Clay soft to the touch adhesive to the tongue; emits a peculiar odor when moistened. White will [dilute?] with most acids Lorcon glucina yttria are so scarce or scarcely to be mostly of notice here They are all white and unite with most acids.

[Right page] Mineral Spring While excavating the earth in the [Louisrill?] of Portland Canal about 9 feet above the rock a spring was discovered which had a peculiar taste and bubbles of an inflammable gas was now and then raising through it. This gas was flammable by the decaying evitable matter which is found in the [allurial?] for when they came to the rock this gas disappeared was not seen; but the spring still had it peculiar taste which was ascribed to different ingrediances [ingrediants] by different persons I have mad [made] the following experiments Experiment 1. Structure of [galls?] immedi ately changes it purple and then black. Nitrate of Silver produces an immediate sohite cloud and precipitate.

[Left page] 3 Paper [storied?] with termuric [turmeric] was not altered in color by this water 4 Nitrate of Silver when a few drops of this solution are poured into the water, an immediate white cloud is perceived which after standing for some time, change to a light purple color 5 Acetate of Lead, when droped [dropped] into this water produces an immediate white cloud and precipitate. 6 Sulphuric acid When poured into this water produces a slight effervescence. 7 Carbonate of potash of ammonia and Water of ammonia all produce a reddish Brown precipitate.

[Right page] Examination after it had [been bald?] 1 Nitrate of silver colored red 2 Structure of galls caused an immediate [ghite?] precipitate. 3 [Tumaric?] paper was not Changed 4 Oxodic acid Sulphate of Barites 1 Oxygen, 2 Chlorine, 3 Iodine, 4 Fluorine 5 Hydrogen, 6 Phosphorus, 7 Sulphur of Carbon [mettles?] of the lower lines of substances, combine with the upper, when their temperature is raised to a certain degree, and produces the phenomena of combustion;

Phenomena.