, 1880-09-29

P4tpEIl-MAKISG.
New NnL tllcnp Method Of Converting
straw lHau Experimentation Of
tfac ntnn%tinE Process.
1hrfr tlHrid Jar September.
u 11tsTOHY or Till: IMPROVEMENTS IN TNrN,-
Etsl:s F',n t's!vvHnrlSd RT,aw 1sr, pArEIs-
alnss,
Far .llOre ihnm twenty years tl.e pro.tt,c-
ttDl1, economically. or gtMtl pA1er-puIp fEuln
r.e,ty n1Nl stalky tlbrolls .lnnts lIns occupied
tho minds of lnaper-mnkcrs NIL others, botll
III this allt It, foreign countries, an ", fur ns
my Information tnny be E.,lnetl from .esctlu-
tive publications vt processes generally em-
played. or FROM uther snr,rces, II docs not ap-
lpAr thnt nly material advancement l,as been
,nntn fl tile uft Of making pulp from tho
abt'ye-la,lc,l na.erlats for mRny yeurs.
Intimately Incorporated will, tic ilhrcs of
such plants It's furnish tlso hrst material fur
l'apcr-,ult is Il considerable nuantity of
strst. rltg'tg from y per cent III - per cent
aiNt over: a,Mt tl!ts element II nne whlc!,, to
greater estGtt l,all my other, reslsts, III lts
1miurai stat'. tho dis1nfcgratlng lction of
ttlisle liquors anil bofilHg llntlrr extreme
ltrrsslrs ind heal.
III reality. the presence Of allica in said ,na-
ttrfals. Inns t'pen frnn the. first, thu hale muir
rxrrssiyr lltnts III their treatment lave iii
Hlr,i lighting ns.iEItHt.
Afttr mois' t,aM i ycnr speIlt u careful
practical exprlinet.tS Me*srs. Charles o. nls
cuvered tat,d patel,etlj ul inlroyc,l process
tar .rrning tho nbnyc-,,nlnrtl llbrOus plants,
wllicfi gives tic 'upst satisfactory results nj
@ I" c',ss " @ q EulI''ns M alht Y!,aity ',f rrMnct,
III w!s'l, IL vet "lt ele:iiy the chemical rea.
St'fls, why snttl prncrss il successful buyDnti
MY l,"rrtntnrc lr,..e!leet!; tho must inlnrtant
s;;s ~ w'c II ists IT,. d ;' al others coz,
the rnA t,:ltnriHI brforr boiling 1t to /, dry
lMa! ut high tHrsperatutc.,
Tho composition oE the tlry stalks of ,nnny
pln11ts commonly designated rs straw Is:
1E::'' ss:; x,!s, A.; 49,: 49,; ."S:s:'' :::'
IT,. Sasss s'raw..s sssaw'.:::ss ...:ss i / !
The silIra Is fn combination will, organic
ill,rn nllll tho aibn,ncil; tats combination Is 50
very strsnss lyc does l!ot, after II. lUmE ti!ne,
eXtrntt ANY considerable: amount OF silica.
As tilis rnl,lt,naton 9f fibre nlrl slt!ca ia'tst
b. ,"s's'l @ & lei',r tl9 !inIc en-, s diste,
tnlirtl l'nulertn tlIslntegrnte tl,Wn wt,otl, t1n
illire ur wl!rl c0s.t0ius but very snail
ntno.tnts OF silica: Much stronger lye must
..crtaiN. part of /. (tilrco 10 four degrees
EnaMInd) IL neutyallzgu by the latge amount
OF siJfcn and rendered Inactive n tisnlegrut-
Ing Tho fibre.
.f',e chemical changes wliiel, straw t,ntlcr-
yura taud tia sn,ut. IN substantially trlio Of
"hagasse," esrArto, ctc.j nr, rs inilpws;
III }rMxtl1tI afrt,,n 1T Temperatures be-
Is cntifriu ticstyoucM aMi il pussps oil nv
nlalsll-:us, ptltyirne and nmtn,1f,in. will
snail amounts uy ucetic ncltl niti butyriu
aeId, aud ut the suinc tinlp tju coIubuutToIl
lirtWrcl, the fibre md lie st,ier II tit.struyrt:
tllp iibre ivsr, water; II shall tnrt Of It Is de-
rn,upoS.l fnt0 uInnyrfl,,nutu OiIs. tfns. and
ryroiiu,leu,lx aeI,j, int by inr ills 't grcatrr
rotor Of c,,,t,vtrnnatit. , sbsiaiccs. s'o "'""'
After raustinE ihcrc remains II ,,ec,.nntcn1
| mtsluru Of sIicn, llbrp. and SONIC inorrnnfu
| sllts.
I've. tu si]tcir uctii il t;rst If MI rnsiiv nx-
tiurf,Ii n,1iI h'.;ius i,,ai,s s,,vil"n T;sanvns