, 1875-07-20
4 Scientific t'huptcr on. 'rhia
nlucll-Tnlfsph-0f' lsutt.ling
Commodity.
4 Sample Furnished lty the Quarryman
IL lsnitcl nnl Burns Rapidly.
Tho Material MaAe3 q Sill Worse Showing
under tho Frost Test.
CHEMICAL TFST9,


=, "f'1t hHseas" :, IN. t"'a'a ffs'"n''
WAsHiSurnS, u. e., July 13.-An unofficial
lest was lnadn to-t!ny ly nine Government
cIscmists to aacorta!n whether petroleum is
taa, ~ t"u nn w. w ua ne' ~ 4a "',
1aHet' "as ihtn'S"o" os Muo''ee. - &c" rag
mcn'a VI Tic Htonc wcto chlppca from THO BLOCK
nutl placed in II glass; sypl.nn-.ubc. Tile atsllo
wn. t1rn ,nettctl I'm svra,ou.tubo hcinr hnate1
,oYrt, r,t In, NJ, t,,., ,,,,i,,,;o,, of In
"s"''3 1's' ''os. Ao '."S .|''''I"o" y. s'''
11ea.nco ~ pe'Fo'c""' j" VI" r1ooo ""' per
ccrtlLlo j: The aperture OF tue tubs. In to'r
fron tl,o stouc, n,ss;utt M thu tu.c, and in ,
tos, ~, I'm ,,,,. .r'nr,,r'1. t,,o -, ,r
~" A'''''e"'s "''o. ""'e' 80 W. ~
TIE STONE CAUGHT FEE
short tine, a,l lots behind IN tho resuluum
c,t,.;rod storo +, v,rv pcrcnn,iI,,e trnce of M.
tr1,,,, III nj. ~ ut,,,o ,,uo1 ~ III.
''"t'''i oti' LUZ "''ot"' ~ ''o". 'es" ~ '''''
experiment "an IN moro tlan con'u haVo pccn
placed whom powdered IN . small teaspoon, yet
tho tl,al,titT Of oil was yery pbecryabIo. This
,cst ,roa nat of,,c;,1 inn II vary c,o.olv caomc.
tn ,is rc.,,l,s NJ, nI.iaI ,.st whch In lrnu r..
portod 10 t!o secretary Of sl,o Tlo,slry.
Tno Huprr,t,inr 4 ra,ntoat h,, rocont,v rccc,v-
n, ,,,;oYn!ntom fr.m tho .1,,arrvnan at NneIler'4
t,,,ar,v that IL, tho iavar NJ iitu,niI,o,s al,an
h., imn,tI,,t,lv covor tho u,u'or Ioeora nj t1,c
atoro in Tho puotia yista a,larry. Tic siala viii
v;cli - ~''0
y, rvrx n.,,oss nj. rrrno, ruu m rur rox-
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- o,,ontat. ~ n tj,a It,nnn v,stn u,'rn nnosn
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f,rn,ariv ~ I'M Am; .h,,nin, nm, hy Trnf Slis
,.s., Ti,e ,,,,,rt hv I,r Iii nm,l
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,n,ao ~ thn t,ato,,ca RI af,l,ot+ NJ
.,n Alma mo or,,maI contrnct lar t,,c
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r,.;o .ras sI"n.so 70 tha sto. r.nrcunntnt
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."t,u az ,,,,t rn -, hnt 1i" f1,,;,,r ~ ,nv.
nj tIn 70 ~, 10 a s ;ncf ,ntiinn ~ o - 0S0'
:" ~ W. 1'.. ~ w.. 'r,.,. "uour rrsrs.
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ti,aa .tt,',a fn. H. .,on, h.a ron,,;"I ~.
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