The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-05-19

Of the atmosphere and form new com
pounds which viii all DO dispersed and lost
Il the Gre is made u0def a chimney,
part of these volatile products will be con
densed By its lower temperature, and wi
show themselves as black SCOT, while IN,
aches Jeff on the hearth win consists Of th,
earth, melah and potash, which are neither
volatile OF combustible, under the degree
Of heat made use Of; aDd If the SCOT couIc
be cleanly collected or scraped from the
chimney, its weight must be added 10 Che
ashes, and this would show the visible
quantity Of the 100 lbs. Of wood that was
leit behind.
Let Us now suppose. that instead Of con.
suming our 100 lbs. Of wood by burning il
on an hearth or on an open fire, We
RdOpl the plan that is Eesor.ed 10 for max
ing charcoal for the manufacture of the
beet gunpowder. Ia this case the 100 lbs
Of wood is put in an air-iight iron cylinder,
setin brickwofk in such q manner that we
can kindle FIRE round il and make il red
hot The cylinder would soon burst with
the violence Of bomb she'll, unless vent
hole was made ia its upper part, TO allow
the volatile products 70 escape, and yet
these very products are Identical with those
that arose in our former experiment, in the
form Of smoke. without any appearance Of
effort or Violence, because they were then
unconined. Now, instead Of our venl-hole |
being left q nero hole, lei as apply |
close pipe TO IL and lei that pipe be COLI
ed round Ike the worm-pipe Of a common
still, and be placed in a refrigerator or
wormtub, filed with cold water like a
still, and the vapol that blows out, viii
now be Ito a certain exien0 condensed
and converted into a fluid form. The
frst product that comes over, under the
influence Of the heat, will DO the sap or
water Of the wood, and the acid before
held in combination with the potash or
alkali, which being also very volatile, will I
arise and combine with the water, rend- I
ering Il quite sour, and to this will be c
added the resinOus and oily paIt Of the s
wood, which, when cold, assumes an APP P
pearance like molasses, but which is in 6
Acl woOd-tar. They will, however, all
iisiill over together, forming dark brown c
liquor with decided odor Of wood smoke: a
ind this fluid is crude or unpuriiied Pyro- Il
igneous acid. The quantity will be con- II
and can now be weighed, al. n,
hough il was all lost in the air by the FL
ormer process. This very liquor, every u
armer and housekeeper is IN the habit el
s making, by moro round about and in
tasteful process, without being conscious 70
fit II is in fact the condensation of the bi
moke upon the bacon, hung up in our &C
moke houses, when we burn materials for OF
. production; consequently the distilled
yrolIgneous acid will produce the same or
feet ia few hours, If we wash or anoint Ia
W meat with this fluid, because il Is in mi
more concentrated state. In this, / o.
'e0k from experience, having several pc
mes used il in this way. If this impure Of
yroligneous acid is again carefully dis va
lied at n low temperature, il can be The
'parated from the tar, which, thlckened for
! boiling, is brought 10 the proper con- o.
silence Of tar for ordinary use, while bu
Q fluid that passes of is the strongest ser
ID best favored vinegar that IL manu-. Of
rtured. ere
We shall moreover find, that all the pro- car
cts discharged from the wood, and which on
50 off through our pipe, are not condens. cat
10 by cold, but assume the form Of air. PHI
d will rise 20 the top Of the distilled tina
id, and if that air is received in close at
alright vessel, il may be conducted 500
ray, and may be saved and weighed, and gas
u be found TO be Carburelied Hydrogen ami
IS, the material now 80 extensively used put
lightning up ciiles, public buildings, ami
Z private dwellings,, for this gas may be No
lducied By metal pipes 70 any distance, sive
] will issue through minute holes, made por
efever we please, in the pipes, and on equ
lrOaching them with lighted taper, the priI
will burn with steady flame, far ex. 10
ding 10 briliancy Of light any lamp or Just
IDLE that can be made; and our vinegar nee
nulactory can be brilliantly lighted on yet
b one Of the products Of the process pro
sch is always wasted or thrown away eacl
en- we burn wood in an open fire. The That
500 Of this Is,- that all wood that will mos
q with flame, must contain Hydrogen can'
hat Hydrogen is disengaged when we tain
omPose the wood by heat, and is con- that
ted into Hydrogen gas, which is yery 70 9
but burns with pale, lambert the
ne, nearly devoid Of Illuminating power, does
when Hydrogen Gas Is combined with but
bon, il is called Carburellcd hydrogen whc
, and burns with extreme brilliancy - first
this combination is efiecicd By a por- AcK
Of the carbon Of tho wood, rising ii Is i
o., and combining with de hydrogen nal
- evolved or given out. The same thin
g occurs IN every open wood Ere, cor mos
ling wood oaly blszes 90 account ofis % a
ng out this same gas which j. ir1iied case
be heat. 50 long as any hyjrogcn ex- snpp