, 1877-06-02
HI EASTES PROCESS.

In our March number, we gave an &C.
count, from tue QuendanIer, Of the Fl st
public experiment Of Mr., EaStes' CIarifi:a-
zion process. Below we now give, from a
later issue Of She same paper. the result Of
O second public trial, which, from an acct
dental or 0.Aci aaust, was not as sAtisfacto-
~ as tLa fist
Tbc success which attended the trial Of
Mr.. Eas'es' process Of car!fca'}on Of care
luce at ~. Darts mil, aJ Ind0oroopi'y,
caused considerable excitement in sugar
producing circles. Several planters who
manufacture on the o2eu pm system. i1vi.-
81 Mr., Estes 10 make expert Il Dts a, I'll ir
mills all he decided to o}9ttt at Nns>r3.
Dayy oal GooIing'a mill At BeeuLti2h,
where The Bauer pan is IN u2c. number
OF pi1 t1rs aal Others Interested were pre-.
sent throughout the operation. TIE cane
ugcd was I>cAImie, twelve months OLD,
grown on scran Iaud. The jli,e as il came
from the roll IS s,ooI At SO B4Aune, a9d,
when he,teI, rose TO ~, a1d Glal}y when
haa.ei to ever 500 Fahrenheit re1ched 90
ald 100 icnsity. As sooA as the liquor
WIS heate to about 1892, it was clarified,
anil then brought to u boil for a few mi.
rutes, after which ii was a lowed to subsIl8
tor nearly th &c quarters Of an hour before
running into the battery. Two thousand
cal ems OF Juice yrs operated OF, and it
was remarked bY all prcscat, that the Ii
quor bo:sd clear aal white, aud lhas 30
skimming aa3 rrQlitel At a density Of
252. he frs st.'ae was made iuto the
Bauer pan, which Was soon filled 29l al,
the interest cautr.d o3 the appearance Of
She Lidu0r as it w. - cyap0ratcI in tha pan.
Il was pronouacel 10 look eXcee .ingIy
well. When the pan was STRUCK, the Il
ouor ran into a dep non cooler, wher' it
was |proa0uoced 10 BE- OF excellent colour
bv the p'anterS present, Tho remainder
of the liouor was unfortunately obliged To
stew on the A." wall " uuti }hc B uer pan
was ready to receive it, as The subsilcrs
we're all full OF liquor from tic previous
Saturdays boiling. At a Late hour at
night the last Of the syrup was skipper
INTO the pan, Whaie it remained until six
am. mex. morning, When The evaporation
was completed HE strike was run INTO a9o.
thor cooler. This charge locke darker
chan the previous ono, = ich was 9ftribut-
ed to various causes, such as Slowing too
long on the wall or battery (whjcl gives
colour and destroys sug'r), over temper.u5,
high boiling. &c. However that may have
been, The first cooler granu'atyd INFO solil
sugar, of a bright stray colour; whilst he
second failed to granulale properly. al
though both chargs were together IA the
battery PANS, When The sugar was cured,
The result was LAC lbs. Of sugar, which
nearly ali came from the first coo.er,
There was no molasSes made but the syrup
which flowed from The centritugl' amount
cd 10 two hundred gallons. In tact, almost
the whole of the second cooler remained in
the syrup form. This syrup (Which at
Mr. Darts mill was returned at once to the
vacuum pan, where it granulated easily
was rebCiled without any result. 1t mere
~ boiled away and remained watery TO the
last. OF course, all sorts Of theories have
been .propoundcd to account for this. Had
the syrup been molasses, naturally the
second boiling would have produced sugar;
but here was a watery, sweet syrup, evil
IDENTIFY containing no glucose matter or any