The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-21 00:00:00

WAYUREUL
UTILISATION OF SHALL

Nothing escapes the lawieltiveem sad the impsrimunt-
lag haad of the maa of 50105..; sad whoa comineros
introduces to his miles say sew tiabitamme from afar, he
upon it aptly sad addressee himself to
g what it is atestosed of sad to what use It may
be pit. Ritheeto It may have bees ef no aoooaab but
slaw it has passed the coital laboratory it soulms rank
of 1011111 hind ea a material, or, indeed, odes of materials
calculated to prove metal to the industrial arta Am
interesting diastratioa el the utillastioa of what warn
as nebbish Is Warded by the history of parable
ol"F"dit:d
ille Ma. in variant parts of Ma Stook teal
measteree. bituminous slui• occurs is layers Toe this
shale no perpes. could be triad prior loths year IWO, and
It was turned out at the pit-heeds as emus. Bateau the
years UM and lid setemal Oantlautal atmemista hut
meatemeted in &smiling oil from shah, aid M extemeMing
from the di thee obtained. In ISO ILL lame
rorag,R this a well-known chemist la Manabestsr. bad
his atteatlas drawn t stark oily Sold which shaded
from the oral In •pt at Alf retook Derbyshire. On testing
this Maid by distillation, he dooevend that it yielded •
pale yellow oil, in which crystals of urea. soon bogni t,
form. Not long after Mr. Young established • factory
at Minton for Om distillattos of burning and
lubrkatiag oils from the snide petroleum. In the
wane of two years hoverer, the supply of anode
oil amend, and the factory was absodoeed. Mr.
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snot lose heart. however. Ravish alter
wooludad that the petroleum was dented
from the distillation of coal by riborramaa break he tried
to intimate the austral proms, sod found that by Platte
coal into his ratart, and mabiectang it to • moderator degree
of beat, the all untribied is ths soil mold be @unwed.
All that was wanted now was to &sewer • variety of coal
that would yield • meltable mown on distill•Ma, sad
thls wee Mend in the bltualwas coal and shale of
Lialithrombire. 1. 1561 Mr. Young painted • propos
" for treatim bitamiarree coal to obtain pada°, and oil
contains, walla," 'seamed partnere, and established
works on • oassiderable seals at B•thgatr. The
@bale sadditaly rose Into importanee, sad Mt
comers who had said Men "rubbish heaps at •
sum, saw ham long that they bad parted with a rateable
=WThe pries of shake in the course of a year or
eTO • point at which it beam* proatabie to work
the sums of it whisk existed in tbe district ;and whom at
the and of louts= yean ILL Yalta& patoat expired and
• number of asaitaltsts rushed lain Aftil, the compeli-
nos for the mistral ran it opts • taw prim TM Scotch
oil blade La eosins of time ammassel temliderable thaw,
dons ; and though It rewired • severe dm* from the
development of the petreleant shrimp of Assertea. It
flowered Wolf. and has since watlaited fairly prosperous.
Some of the distilleries are oe a mot mode, notably that as
Addiewell, which was erected by the 'comity lam width
ILL Young memed hie lateresis soon alter the espies/ at
his wheat. At that there ware aerials wars.tErodeds in
otsaufature ; but thanks to ILL Y s skill and
preeverame no stab thing is now known, the dint!-
.54.. of oil from shale may be iodated to es • complete
triumph of chemical 8011/6011.—Brog