HARD VERSUS SOFT WATER.
» It may be pleasant to those who live in a region of our country where nothing but hard water is to be had (remarks the Scientific American) to be informed, by so good an authority as Dr Tidy, the well-known chemist, of the results of his observations on the use of hard water for culinary and domestic purposes : (1) Hard water is the best dietetically, because of the lime. (2) It makes better tea, although not so
dark colored, owing to the fact that soft | water dissolves the bitter extractive matters which color the tea, but ruin the aroma. (3) It relieves thirst, which soft water does not, (4) It does not dissolve lead or organic matter, which soft water does. (5) It is generally good colored, soft water being as a rule dark colored and unpleasant looking ; hence, in places like Manchester, supplied with soft water, they always put it (in hotels) in dark bottles, to hide the color. A soft water, however, is a belter detergent, and re« quires less soap. For a residential town a water which has over ten degrees of hardness would be best. For mannfao* turing towns a soft water would be the most advisable, for commercial considerations only.
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Inangahua Times, 12 January 1880, Page 2
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209HARD VERSUS SOFT WATER. Inangahua Times, 12 January 1880, Page 2
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