Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-31

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we bavo received from attentive correspondents
At Amsterdam regular nle of Brussels papers 10 The
I2tn oil MAY! They contain no OF importance tho
niieo VITA much amusing and Interesting matter. we
nave extracted for To days PAPER renarkI upon
ingenious and important application ofchymc know
Iedse 10 che arts and shall make further
TRANSACTIONS as we have and o. opportunity
Ihe following account is translated from the vrai Lii
beral OF May Slh. IL is sufficiently evident uoon very
slight observation that the common way in which
wood is consumed upon hearths many it's como
neat paris escape in The form of vapour gases and
Inns are waited, which might doubtless be applied TO
nseiu purposes We not informed Of the particular
mode IN which these products
ted from each other in the Invention here referred 10
bat no ingenious Chymist can be much at loss for
means OF doing it to considerable at least.
c .19PPt,cdtIon q Cag'nistryto the 4irtS.
Inc city OF Brussels, has for year contained one
adjustment which ough fix the attention of all who
ae interested IN the ofthe useful arts and
winch shows how much the sciences are capable of
assisting them. Bymeans of process, the first discov-
tfy ofwhich the result of studies of The most
able Chemists Messrs Bangnier and Drspres the prln
eipais OF The establishment, have the of convert
ing wood into charcoal, and the time By very
simple opeTauon OF extrattng pitch and pyrolignick
ACID ne neat Tor The purpose is produced by hydro
gen gas, which furnished by the operation and they
have learned, by very Ingenious means manage aud
drsctt at pleasure. The charcoal of perfect purity
The pyro-ignick acid independently Of the uses 10
which II is applicable in the arts, gives when recded
an excellent vinegar which both for the table
domestic purpnses snrpasses In quality the best wine
vinegar and which, by its moderate price, will give
considerable saving TO the customers. The pitch
cheaper asn than that which is imponsd from abroad
can on other acconnts be made to into cogpeti
uoa with IT.. In fire, the hydrogen ouly serves
10 heat the furnaces in which these different products
are elaborated, bnt by its supeabGndauee contributes
illuminate the work shops.
The pyTo liguick acid Is particularly valuable To tie
tyer5 Mixed with iron filings IL gives a black dye very
mach superior 10 that in use and with the
ADDITION OF dyeIB wood 10 produces shades brilliant
rs tey are dnrabe, varying according the nature aud
extent oithe additions. Those batlers and manufaclu
Jsrs OF printed ealicOes who have tried IT, have found
mat II communicates to the fnrs and cloths the properly
81 resisting he action Of the air for long time Thi,
property seems TO be owing to the peculiar nature of
the pyTotgnck acid and 20 an oily INSTANCE abiehit
nans. when IL has not been recaed be Converted
into vinegar. We do not personally the cor
Tectness OF these last effects bat the aTtsans who
practice the different branches Of dying, are so mucb
interested IN proving them, by experiments that
we have no donb OF their eaEerness 10 ascertain them
with Certainty.
These ignorant pretenders and disconnected peoplp
who are always dissatisfied with the age in which th
live, ought least render justice TO the pro-
gIess which modern CHEMISTRY has given the useful
aTis How Is u that not among them sIlond Sis.
pect that any Of these valuable products Obtansd
from billet Of wood II cbymisy had not revealed the
secret 10 them II Is however, TO these refractory in
cTucible, that should recommend TO visit abe esab
ISbment OF NessTs. BaugnieT and DespTels n Is to
those laboiOus men, those useful and brilliant men
VII XeT, themselves continually for the happiness o
their country. who give animation to is inhabitants
who occupy themselves without cessation in producing
the means OF sustaining the national Industry under The
dsconfagemSnts which foreigners would impose upon
II, who struggle against dhcutes o. which they are
rot even admitted to complain. aud who twfhsiaud.
ing the want OfTecipToea advantages viii foreign in
dnstry obtains amongst u5, seek 10 increase The general
mass Of riches by creating objects Of expofaton
These alone appreciate the benehis Of the establish
ment which we recommend to their notice aud which
the government has encouraged sy patent.