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OJA uyt ; : ^ ';-;A. New and Talaable Process Discovered;-.[New Orleans Times-Deraocrat.];A correspondent writin % from Centerville, Tenn., gives an interesting account of tho-alcohol works at?' Bird creek, -! Hickman county. There are hut two other similar-establishments in the: UniteJ States: r.;iTliis.* company commenced operations with • the view of -making charcoal-for-melting ore,, ani- as incidental to: this the yo pore and {liquids expelled from the wood in the pro cess of making charcoal was to be converted into .wood alcohol, and a.few other chenii*:cals of commere ial val ae, and while all ttib was being successfully accompli bod,. Ejr. Bierce.was-systematically weighing. studV ing and experimenting with-the ; highly-. heated.; gases generated in . the process p i . converting wood Jnt v :cbarcoal, . an I . the rer •salt has been a wonderful;, discovery. and 1 s am informed that he has secured a paten that will :re ult. in/revolutionizing the prW, cess of making charcoaL iron.. j- .. S]; * The; large.rconeriike ovens .are first filled .with-; tram V.165;. to 200 cord s. of woo.l, aril; highly heated air is driven into the oveii, but the.! wood is not ignited,, and thus the. wood is converted to charcoal and no urn-,: terial of the wood is destroyed./ Its shape., and size is preserved; no ’apparent change . takes place except in: color; - The sihall • leaf, j the.creepingvine -and moss• that adhere to ’the wood,' and even the- rabbit that ttad un-;^fortunately *sought; shelter in the $'hollow^ ;dogwoodi ~ all' preserve .their -most minute. :.8hai)e,' nothing change Abut the color..: Even, : the rabbit .hairs are ^uWiseA . -Nbthinglis lost; every pound of material is chemically jaccoiii ted: for.' •...V r'* .The char coal and ; alcoholand-other i liquiSs d 'stilled.-from, {the wood deft a eon-; *iderable amount ’of; volatile..substances yet ’unaccounted for,: andto.utilize: these ascap-,.. ing vapors-and gases had been the study of: :Dr.fierce.%- Jde ha£ discovered a’process of conyeying tbese hitherto unused^gases: to • an ;improved ;furhace;-stack, and; with a very r.-mali quantity of ichansoal {the- crude; ored^ -.converted into ;a superior. quaBty; of pigIranjf This saves .everything. A large, furnace 'is: |now - being • constructed to put in operation; ,on a more extensive scale this ndw process discovered by Dr. Pierce..\ ^discovery■ wa i not by accident, butdt is rather the :re?' suit of-study and;^ pursuing the-'well khowa r^TOprchembtry.’^ %|;»•••••. j •• : w-.i5.... *
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Elkhart Review
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Mon, Aug 17, 1885
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