Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-12-12

: ity of the crude oil and its fudity will de
pend on the quantity of burning fluid alb
!, stracted from it Among the crude OF
manufactured petroleums, then, we may
obtain, at comparatively small price,
lubricatOrs of any degree of consistence,
|, from that of lard to the finest oil, which,
if properly prepared, will not gum mol
corrOde metal, and will keep journals cool.
The consumption of petroleum for this
purpose must be immense. There are
some railroad companies whose annual ex-
penses are mere than $4,000 for lubri-
Gators alone. A single manufacturer in
England young testified in Court to haV-
ing manufactured and sold over 100000
gallons of lubricating oil in one year, at
about one dollar per gallon. This oil was
from coal. The "white oil' of New York,
and several patent lubricators used in this
country, are sold in large quantities for
a dollar or mere per gallon, while the mix
cd lard, fish and coal oils, largely employ
cd; and, indeed, all the lubricators in
general use, command price fully double
what an equally good article made from
petroleum can be furnished for.
3. AS a Paint OH-Petroleun has
as yet been used for painting, in this
country, but to very limited extent. aud
the experiments made, though very salts
factory, as far as present appearances 60,
have not had the test of time applied to
them. In the old world the rock oils have
been quite extensively employed in paint
ing, and have served very good purpose
in that connection. The Mecca oil, in its
natural state has been used in painting
several houses, outside and Within, white
and brown, and apparently with entire
success The oil was boiled with ''dryen,"
precisely as linseed oil is treated, and
mixed with lead and other paints. 1t
formed good body, covered the wood
well, dried rapidly and perfectly; and now
seems smooth and hard, and has no odor.
All that can be asked is that it shall hold
out as it has begun.
The lighter petroleum-as that of Titus
vile and LOwellville- not as well suit
cd to painting, as they come from the
wells, being too thin, like spirits of tur-
pentine; the heavier portion of them, how
ever, when separated by distillation, may
be, and indeed, has been successfully ap-
pl cd to that purpuse. 1t is highly prob
able, therefore, that some portion of the
rock oil raised from our wells will find a
market as a painting oil.
4. as a Fuel Should petroleum ever
be produced in such abundance as to glut .
the market and the price be reduced to
fifteen cents gallon, it will be used as fu-
ell on steamboats,, locomotives, and else
wherever, indeed, highly concen-
trated, portable and manageable fuel is re-
luired. The superiority of oil over coal for
generating steam consists in: 1st. Its
greater heating power, pound for pound
I'd. Its more complete OxydatiOn in the
furnace Sd. It's combustion in immedi-
ate contact with the surface of the boiler
and fues.
PRoDUoTs OF DIsTILLATION.
As yet, the attention of refners of coal
III and petroleum in this country has been
confined to the products most readily de-
lived from them, viz: burning fluid, lubri-
.ating oil, and parafine; but the European
manufactures have demonstrated that the
process may be prOftably carried much I
urther, and that OF her and more valuable .
econdary products may be derived from ,
bose first mentioned. By the re-distilla- :
ion of the eight oil, they obtained: lst.
5e1a-OLe, worth from 10 to 20 cents per
'ound. This is extensively used as a SOL
ent for India rubber, gutta percha, &C., ,
nd for extracting oil from wool before ,
yeing it, grease from clothing, carpets, /;
loves, sc. &c. I'd. Nitro 6eHsoLe, which ,
as the taste and smell of OF Of bitter al
lOnds, and is used for the same purposes. r
his is worth one dollar per pound. Sd. n
laiaine, dye used for producing the fash d
'nable color Mauve-s5 to s. per pound. Il
tn. P,tre violet Anilins po,0der, $3.50 to n
325 per barrel. |
There are two question which will hard q
: fail to suggest themselves to any one 4
no shall read what precedes; These are v
list, what will be the relation of supply il
nd demand in regard to the rock ellis in G,
le future; and I'd, will the oil wells be Il
Individually permanent? a
These questions are of not only high o.
ientifc interest, but of such practical Il
npOrtance that thousands of dollars would el
e cheerfully paid for full and truthful al
nswers to them; Unfortunately, however, al
Ich answers cannot now be given by hu- il
an wisdom; all the knowledge hitherto b
lined, and all the experience of the past is
ing insufficient to enable any one to pre- st
ct with certainty the issue of case like al
e present, in some respects without la
.ecedent lin
The supply of rock oil is evidently des- f'
ned, for the present, at least, to be large, tu
large that the business of raising it Is
ust come down from a speculation to al
mmon sense practical business. Ne
The market, though prOspectively al al
ost unlimited, is for this product not m