Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-10-16
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In Loo PaFtsro! soap there are cS Of
fatty acid Ga Of alkah and 3o}
efwatss The process II making
bard sesF is not SO simple as thai If
soh sosP. White o. 0ss3 soap Is
made Qfthe finest ts.llsS OF sost oaly .
and boiled u a. thi0asg consistency
thaa Other sosi,. upon stseagss AXIS
hns lye,, aad beiesA Il ~ Pat iatS the
frame to ooollit r.qalsSs sessSeaiRg y
THIS consists II stirring Il seeas ~
sn intermediate vessel bstsesa tAs
boiler and the eooliag fseme. 10 break
and mix the eesaS NesAies Eat the
best materials are used Ser this sesp>
All our eomaea eroSa se%ps eoa.
tain resin, Colephaas or resiu is
soluble in u eaustie a,Gali, hence lis
ndsptabilisy to increase the quantity
Of cur common soaps. Its use is SO
common, aud rs il produces lather
with water. it is not generally held to
be an adulteration, still it does not
produce proper specialization. The
quantity required 10 make a. ton Of
perfect soap is l,540 pounds. From
eight to ten per cent. of this fatty &C.
id is converted into glyeerine, and
owing to the limited use made Of this
Substance il may be called waste.
The most convenient cheap alkali
for manufacturing soap is sal soda
the carbonate of soda manufactur.
&c from common salt. 1t will not
make soap by boiling it direct with
grease. as it contains too much
carboaic acid; it must be prepared
for use by dissolving it in about five
times its weight Of water; then add.
ing half its weight of fresh Stacked
lime. The carbonic acid leaves thu
soda, unites with the lime and form!
chalk, which sinks to the bottom O
the vessel The clear liquor is caus
tic I've, fit to DO boiled with tallow
oil or fat, to make soap. To soaI
works, the soda lye is deprived of it
.carbOnic acid in watts prepared for tn
purpose; but any person may max
hard soap from soda I've, by yer!
simple apparatus, viz wash tut
and small tin OF iron boiler.
Ii is not our intention to give
full description of the process 70
manufacturing soaps on large scale
our "Notes" are general on point
where Information can easily be oh
tuined, butparticular respecting som
things that are not so well known.
The most recent work publishe
10 our country on Soap and Soa
making is that of Campbell Mor6
BY Parry and Mcmillan, Of Philade
pbia-a good treatise. Anothe
work, and very excellent one ais
is that of Kurten, being a transls
ton from the German, published b
Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphi
Different soap makers employ di
ferent methods of working; and v
know one not many miles from Ne
York city, who pursues the method
described in DR., Ure's old Dictionar
Of Chemistry, published in 1928.
Soap making is not an art wbic
has undergone much improvement
for many years. Tallow, suet, lar
oils, resin, fat from deceased animal
mud boiled bones, are the most con
mon materials employed in soap m
king. 1t HIS been proposed to mai
soap from cotton seed oil, and v
have sample Of such soap in o,
possession; Edward Conklin, of Gil
cinnati, has made soap direct fro
the seed, and there are some pro
poets ofhis being successful in j
manufacture on large scale.
10 England, palm oil is extensiv
ly employed for making soap; Al
900 tons of this substance is consur
ed annually for this purpose, and Il
consumption of it is increasing r
pidly. 1t is obtained from Airic
and is an economical material. Fl:
oil and vegetable oil of every desert
ton can make soap by being boilt
with caustic alkali, and thickened,
required, with salt. A grand di
oovery in the manufacture of bal
soap would be the saving of the q.
cerine by combining it with the soa
Fancy Soap Those small cak'
perlumed soaps used for the toi
ct can easily be manufactured by di
solving common bar soap ofany kin
and adding perfumed ingredien
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