Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09

pitcher that may be civ ny out too
violent fumes. Sometimes this j.
I caused. by the gtyoerinc running n
( little freely. which Tires the mix
sure. wastes tho glycerinc. forming
I oxaliu acd. aud develops unpleasant
I vapors, In such case. hy pushing
back a Aplc wooden pog IN the glass
I jar the Bow ol giycerin0 Is lcssened,
and by stirring with the glass tubo the
I nitrous vSpprs are dispelled Should
/ the engine stop working by any unforc-
seen circumstance. ibe current pt air
! Will OK coufsc, be TOnpci when the
I mixture viii take hre, In this ease il is
necessary Ia stir The mixture and At
oncc stop the How of glyCerine.
( Nhen the glyceriun and acid arc all
I mixed, and the nitrous fumes cease 10
I appear, the nitro giycorinc from each
Z pitcher Is dun,ucd into a large tank ~
{ water ~ q temperature of 70 degrees.
1 shout iaQ puuuaS al nitro glycerinu
being the amount Ui each batch msnu-
( laCtured The niiru-glycorine sinks 20
/ the bottom, and Is covered by about six
! feet OF water llero Il remains for ff-
Z teen minutes, 90 hc subsequently,
4 washed Tree from all impurities. This
( tank projects through the hoor 10 a
/ basement chamber It's bottom being ON
a slight incline. so that the nitro
glycorino may run out eas.n. The
water II first drawn e.. FROM
the top Oi tho nitrO-g -glyccrino.
aud then tho latter u run into
wooden swinging tub, IN shape some
what like AN od-lashiOncd butter.
churn, but good deal larger in diam
eter In this it Is washed tive times,
three times with plain water and twice
with soda, q current Of atr working
through IL at the same time The
water from this tub Is ruu on into a
wooden trough which conveys il to q
barrel buried ia the earth in The side OF
which hole carries u tn another bar
rel little lower down the hill. aud this
into another barrel. whence It finds Is
way 20 the dump ot rocks which were
removed from the tunnel. any nitro
glycerino that may have cScaned the
washing process being collected and re-
tanned in one or other of these three
barrels
The nitro -glvccrjne Is by this time
b thoroughly washed aud ready 20 store
In the magazine thfoc hundred foot
distant, to wh,oh Il is carried ia couple
! OF pals. ia the magazine the nitro
glycerine is poured into "crocks. as
, they are called cartheuwarn jars hold
! ing sixty pounds These crooks arc
, then placed in a wooden tank two aud
one half feet deop, which holds twenty
! Of them, and immorscd 20 within six
} inches from the top of the Jars in water
warmed by small pipe from the boi,er
} 10 raise the Temperature to seventy de-
! grees. at which temperature Il is kept
all the time as nearly rs possible. They
+ remain in this water about sevcnty-two
I hours, during which time ans impurities
still remaining rise 10 the surface as
scum. and are skinned OF with a
7 spoon The glycerine is then
| chemically puro, transparent aS water,
/ refraGts light powerfully, and Is ready
: for packing. The tin cans, lined with
I pai'aillne, and containing iihy-siN
= pounds each, are placed iu q shallow
a wooden trough. aud the nitro.glycnrino,
a boiug poured from the crooks into cop
a per cans. Is again poured into the tins
% through o gutta perOha funnel, tue bot
2 tom oi the trough being covered with 9
o thick LAYER OF plaster of paris, which
= nhsarhs and readers harmless any
n drops OF nuru-glycerine that may bC
4 spilled. The tins AFRO then placed
/ ia wooden trough containing
i iced water or ice and salt
@ where the nitro-glyeerine Is slowly crys
/. talized or congealed. la this condition
q il Is slowed away in small magazines
9 300 feet distant, in amounts of thirty ol
r forty cans each. until required for use
4 When the nitro-glycoriue Is 10 be con
g voyod 10 any point by teams the tin
!, are packed IN open wooden boxes, viii
a two inches of sponge 40 the bottom an'
"a four rubber tuhos underneath; th0si
q are long enough 10 allow tho ends 4
70 come one inch over the top of the til
Ie ON opposite sides thus interposing tw
IA elastic tubes between the outside a
% the tin and the inside ol Tia
"a wooden box, rendering Il perfectly sat
is 10 carry. Each tin is cellular g,
a. from the top OF each tin to the bottom
10 tube passes about ton inches deep an
IA one and half inches Ia diameter f.
A. the purpose OF ihawiug the Congeale
ly nitro.piycnrinO when the plaster
q ready 10 usu .liquefaotion being ei
n feetcd with water of seventy 10 ninot
Of degrees. The tins. boing closed with
"a cork wrapped in bladder, are put int
A. a sleigh or wagon, covered In slmme
N with LAYER of leo and blankets, an
re- NAV thus be carried any distance !
Is this purified crystalline state as safely q
cs SO many tubs OF butter,
q. Perfect system pcrvados this factory
go and il Il necessary TO insure safety
,lf The sleadiast men possible are selecte
ld for tho work; three are employed In a
90 acid house, working IN throe shifts I
he olpht hours each. but thoy do not act
h. aily work more than seven hours. II
ne ery movement II like clOckwOrk, evol
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