Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-04

Mr.. Tiyhlman has discoy srsd me vastly more extensive
10 the rsving -,eoes an which we walk and ride.
hen Mr.. 1SChlman visited England Tor the pur-
rs- IT taking out his patents. he waited aroo Pro-.
Soly, nf l. .ndon. tr his professional epinisn In reference
In his discoveries. and their application To their arts. and
received in snswer that they were perfectly new 10 him,
unknown IN Eumpe, and were fairly The soajec, u IA
tents. Also, that the objects re of great Importance.
are likely To- lead /, many prof' aSle improvements in our
existing manufactures. as well as probably create a mum
her of new ones. lie acknowledges iha, the results C IN
manica,ed ny Mr.. Tighlmaa depended on a new and
hiih~ rio unn,siced law .f chemistry. The probable future
inference of whirh can hardly at present be estimated
Through the discovery Of 1.-The decompusing power Of
wafer 1t high iempersinres'-Mr. Tighlman is able 30
take feAspv and decomros use IL into alunina and potash,
and TO make from than common and heretofore useless
msterial such salts uf potash, rs the %sulphate. chloride
and chrnmsIe. Through the same discovery, MI. Iigbi
man his made great improvements IN The manufacture
vi ctrtain acids. alkalies. and alkaline salts, and they are
destined IL have a crea, influence on the general welfsre-
liehig leaked IN the national consumption III soap IN or.
der to make a rrnprr estimate of national prosperity, and
as soda ash has much b. do with the manufacturer f
sosp. whatever iends To increase ia production al dimin-
ished Gust, mus, have much 10 do with The general good.
The experiments of Mr.. Tighlmsn, according Ia the
Journal ef Pharmacy, show hat soda can be made. oy
the ,oa al lss than sHe half the consumption Of fuel aud
cust Of iabur ever the old method.
10 better evidence Of the merit Of Mr.. Tighlman's
discovery need he sought than Is found in the fact, thai
Mr.. Tenant. II Glasgow. the greatest manuiac urer Of
soda ash ard po'ash in the world, has made an expen
diture 81 between twenty and thirty Thousand dollars In
filing M apparatus scrording to the plans of Mr.. Iighl-
man. Notwithstanding the immense machinery already
at work IN Mr.. Tcnani's establishment, Tighlman's was
so far superior, ,ha, the privilege OF using II was at once
purchased bv Mr.. Tenant.
The journal Of Pharmacy says: "Ii is established
that there are seventy Thousand tons ~ soda ash made III
Greal Britain srnuaily, valued 1t forty five dillars per
Ion. and eqnal 10 three million one bundled and fifty
,houssnd dollars" The twin alknli. potash. is eXlen.
svely used. Russia. Canada and Now York alone ex-
poti potash estimated al Two and a half millions N dol
lars, and when il is inside ed that MIR. Iiphlman Is able
Ia u anuiscture not only these. but %snlphnrio acid aud
many other highly useful articles from common rocks x
tensisely spread over his c'ntin'ni. some ilca may be
tnrned al The exceeding value e his great discovefy.-
In 1888 sui pinric acid. valued nj five millions of dollars,
was manufactured IN Great Britain, and Mr.. Tighlman
can vbiain i, fnpm The same kind Of sources he gets his
materill Tor making soda md potash.
Mr.. 1ighlman has conferred no ordinary boon on his
country by hi. discovery. We regard it rs one of the
highest henefils that science has contributed 10 the geu-
enai welfare. and the discovery was the result Of II
thorough scqraint1uce with Chemistry. All honor Ia
the man who has contributed NJ largely 10 The public
good and national prospetty-who has made a quarry
more valuable Than n oId-Ionisriiir Couicr.