The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-04-05
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Uses Of Petroleum.

Every week or two some new use = iouhu
for this extraordinary article ana tiv Re
troleum Chronicle. for March, sets lorlh
emo ~ rnese uses deliberately. II j not
merely 70 its uses as an nllInihaeoI' i1Dii-
Gator and steam generator that petroleum
con 10 mr. IN, The following additional
nses are claimed Of this new discovery:
r, il bacoming universally used by tan-
,ers affer the naptha has been extracted
nom il. a. substitute for hsh OIL, ana the
leather prepared in this manner IS found 10
h. halter and more dHrable than that tan
ned In the old way. The naplha obtained
can then be used as 4 substitute iJr aeon 81
tn rnfmants. and other medlca. compounds.
N IL also said % be the best solvent thai
en- he a sed for india-rubber, aud "itn IL
robber varnish for leather can be made
which Will render il perfectly water proof
The heavy qualities oil Oh strained IN
cold temDerature yield the Paraihue, WA-cA
is employed 70 adulterate ana cheapen spei-
raacefl Deeswax, etc. etc, and also iOr
maxim candles. a very fue sample Of which
Tat nearly eQualled spermaceti. or adam
sutins. aud al a very much smaller cost,
VS. shown rs two or three days ago.
4 large and enterpris!ng firm Is now
making that which they claim 70 De a very
superior Petroleum Cosmetic soap, IS also
& family soap fOr domestic use ron the
same material.
There q also another establishment where
.asl made from petroleum, ana can De
Supplied a. the rate Of =, % per lVJ ieei'
Or only half the present cost Of gas IA the
.-r nj New York; and IL Yields tie bright
esl afl purest light, as well as the most
powerful heat Of aly known Alum.na,or
To- domestic purposes
Our fair mothers, wives and sisters VIII
o. not little astOnlsled also, 10 learn that
esbtv tons Of il are used IN this country
IL Ii manufacture OF nastic, which they
hi ia our caady stores and chew as pretty
lille perfumed yellow and rose eoIored
sticks.
orr selfraising -four derives It's most
distinctive quality from tAis wonderful pro-
d1cr since the waste acid That lO"s iron
the petroleum refneries IS largely applied
Z the Imitation AMI adllIeratiOn OF cream
Of tartar, which is the Chief substance usee'
f1l making bread light
An American chemist has recently taken
out patent FOR making printing lLNs rom
the various colOrs and extr cts Ci petrol
cum and the black ink he thus manGiac-
ttras 4 said 10 be better than that made
with lnseed oil, and can be sold Tor hall
tn price Some OF our largest publishing
houses are now constantly using i, and
this very article for aught We know may be
printed with il The consumption OF this
compound IS already very great.
The most exquisite dyes are also obtained
from observation-disclosures them The new
and elegant giroda, surprising IN IL beauty
the most brilliant productions OF Tyre or
Persia
There are several fine cOiors produced
from the residunm Of petroleum One III
the Oil Creek region, bright and liked GER
ulean blue perhaps shade darker, Dut
still "a brilliant. and is called the Humboldt
color. These colors formed by combination
Of naptha and tar. The refinery uses
twenty-six stills, and probably three or
four hundred barrels Of petroleum per day
here running az full capacity. Another
delicate and fashionable color IS a light
blue called "aZuline," which, Is well a7
the now famous and popular color mag
enta," - now produced from petroleum. A
fourth called "rOseine, - IN course Ol
experiment.
We see in the Engineer" scientific
and practical Jnurnal. published IN London,
10 the January number for this year, that
B. +. Stevens, Of Trafalgar square, claims
10 have discovered three new and impOr-
tant uses for petroleum:
/. lie claims patent Tor the use OF
the vapors Of coal tar, as chemical agents
In cOlOrlng, etc.
2. as au agent for roasting aud smell
ting ores by the ignited vapors OF coal on
mixed with air and steam.
8. He claims 10 have obtained q stt0n-
motive power by tho vapOrs Of this oil
mixed with certain proportions Of ale anJ
steam.
In oil this we SEQ accounted for the daily
increasing list Of petroleum companies anC
the upward tendency OF oil stocks. Omni
potent wisdom and benovolence are every
day made more manifest II these discover
les