The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-12-14
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the Il x remarkably write. ~benl Il fesff2
motscnteSs in ponds dug ia tEr very same
| earth, left it OF . terf dets Splcr. lho
space OF tune for va a. lag, whss conducted
In proper nsnHet, becatre short and the
process OF grasfsg was I'D aside II such
cases. fjr another process term-t ln.gtng
which we are 10 suppose was a-drying oper-
alton, peIsorsasd under ScssF, 'peshaps By
the aid OF warmth.
BuuouI auihor next proceeds 10 state,
that the qn0nnsy and the sull6lhfy nf the
eoloring nzttes 1ae FsBd 81 tht Haz Il
Hected byg the degree OF ybaeness 81 the
plant. H. A which is unripe, the Juices
are so mucsiaginoHs, AZ TO be easily soluble
in water and The water in which fney arh
thus dissolved more easily ercttrs fermeuia-
ion ; tut il the crop stands 'rii rs culor
has become rusty brown ard us seed hss
ipened, the juices then Iuclipe to-thSns ure
4 ,esin and The water now rcqu.i IS . re
assisted BY other solyrnss, or ~ deprra
of felmenta!ion, whic6 would dtspop Fl
which Is MOI ripe. .1
. With view TO ascer. in the ss.tst
strength o! alkaline applications 10 5e US q in
| 'hr dlftcrent P! ocesses If lea ing Alr.
Inglis next sought 10 discover, whether
there were any other cnns,iluent pa,t. IT. he
refuse materials Of fax besloes rnur!t.ce.
esln, and oil also in wha S, &c ,i.e llices
become insoluble In water, and !isesise 70
what extent such oher new oon9liiurR;
ports exis Qui ting therefore H. com
mon alkaline solvents OF the b.eschtfs NJ ich
II He. aiua h. -
highly rectI6ed spirit j and he succeeded
IN bleaching 10 veiy beauuiul whitsnsss,
fax IN lis tn~9ne state and In it's early s age,
but a: The q ripened the power oftha
| alcohol lessened." Having however eStracs
ted from ripe A all us resinups ms.ttr, re
! found thar ( sill color remained j ard by
! applying TO the fsaX n this sta.S ID o;,gmu.
rate, such change OF color occurred, e
| convinced him oftht presence osiron " rhz
rite fax. Taking another potion OF ira
AK, he boiled il m ley ofPrussiate D! Dot
ass, prepared by the calcination cf ccr.noR
potash with greer whins (that is the Hsrr
Eurot9us OF Botaaisfs, sometimes csilsG
furze or gorze and when this was aaah-A
and plunged into oxymuiiat, Of hme, il .gg
hibited beautiful ight blue. lie repeatta
his experiments, iii ~ tou 4 '.at he caais
by the same process exhibit a! PIE Assure =.
either white color or a Prusslan blue, i,
his AK, Deco dinqiy as lie used Inc fax ~ .
green or ripe state Al the same inns tx
explained to himself many OF the phcrose=s
IA Of bleaching and saw with much aTla-es
ment, that period .. fortnight Or ia "a
weeks wos sufficitn, for displaying 4. IA,
ip The juices Of plant, which beforr gays
no signs OF i.
Ten Cor tapnip) Mr.. Ingiis also asirns il
to b. found in fax; and being very soIuh;s
in water pond may in the end brconz
tainted with IT, As the f,rmen taiion pros
cerds, the iron is now acted upon iii III.
iron and ian con bine. and form an alnIpat
indesiructible dye GUST as iron and sno h
er vegetable astringent, namely gals, unite
70 produce our common ink.
MIR lpgls for these reasoDs closes his
account by noticing the labor and expense IN
bleaching as well as The injury to the linen,
resulting from bad mode of sleeping fax.
But il is imprudent for rs al pIesrri 10
take for grained the whole Of Mr., lnegi2'e
chemistry. Nor indeed do We know the OK
ymuraie USED md the precise color produ,
ced in his first experiment. And with IT,
gard to his second, the zphin ma, p0ssihir
like some other vegetables contain ia ltaeif
The Prussic acid; without winch il is e.
cult 10 see how ke there obtained his PFnsg
sian blue. But as We cannot yen assent r.
what Mir. Inglis says, as 10 the iron 90
neither ought we 70 deny il, III We hSaF
urther from our good lends the ,hrmlsts
who will often be found ss ustiu, IN agricEl,
ture as they are in medicine and the arts,
We may in the mean time be con,ea.
with the following facts. LIST Mr. Ing.s
has opened new held for such experitaeHys,
as even farmer can Try; and Of which IT,
result may be very important % himself srq
ais country Cd, Ii is not new for W geta
bic exhibiting metallic principles, 10 ST y
more of them in It's ripe, than in its unFipz
state as will be found by consulting Sir
Humphry DAVIS Agricultural Chemistry
and Thomson's Chemistry. Cd. Mr. Enslis
sdds his voice 10 that OF many others, r
prove that when nature gives Us the Aay t.
hre in white state. Il is mos, egregiops fol-
ly 10 stain il at loss, that we may tleacb y
again at loss. 4,h, Though d. Lee has
probably been anticipated in part of bis
ideas, by what passed IN Dumbsrtonshi:e
yet he deserves praise on various accounts,
for having deserted the beaten path by en-
deayoring to prepare fax in the dry meihod.
Nevertheless as many may choose 70 ront
tinue to use The wet method, including th-