Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-28
n INVENTION.
Mr. BOorfried DISCOVERIES a Combination OF
Chemicals Which Will Dissolve stone.

Mr. BOOrfried DISCOVERIES a Combination Of
Chemicals Which Will Dissolve Stone.
st. Paul Globe: Wonders will never
cease! At least it seems 80. Something
new is constantly being invented, and if
things continue the same way for another
century nothing will be impossible, and it
will not be necessary for people to work at
all-simpIy sit by and see some mechanical
continuance perform every function in the
labor world. However, for inventions and
discoveries, it is safe to say that a st.
Paul man carries off the palm. His name
is August Boorfried, and he is a Hungarian
about f~orty-nine years of age. He has
lived in comparative poverty on the
West side for several years, earning a
poor living by working at his trade of a
stonemason; but, if his new discovery
proves a success-of which there ia M
doubt-he will count his wealth by the mil.
lions. The discovery is this: By a comb.
nation OF chemicals, the nature OF which he
refuses TO disclose, he has discovered q
liquid which will dissolve stone with in
credible rapidity. Thu dissolution is not
the crunbling kind, or disintegration occa.
stoned by treating marble with suIphuric
acid, but a complete transformation from
solid to liquid. Marble and granite, lime
and sandstone are alike dissolved by
the mere submergence in q vat filed
dissolving liquid. No matter what
kind or how hard the stone ia. the
effect is the same. What is the
strangest part OF it all is that the
stone, after being dissolved, forms into a
sort oil a syrupy substance which can he
appied TO anything having a stone or glass
surface with a brush, and immediateIv
lardens SO that to make an Impression on
t even with a chisel is almost an impossi.
olllty. By applying some other Chemical
has discovered hat the LIQUID
'nlckens into a heavy mass which can he
into molds and baked like bricks
After it has been subjected to the heat for :
certain length OF time it becomes harder l
nan Hint, and almost as transparent "a
iass' n by polishing it assumes a bril-.
ant ulster. 1t varies in color accordino
o the kind OF stone used, and can
. a rom a bright red to a bean :.
! lui azure y NOW, Boorfried idea is that II
ms ilqnld OF his can be used in making q d
for the construction of res;. 8
ences, floors, and even windows. Rv tab
'g this liquid and sprinkling it on a street
coated with asphalt. q naHa
lent as glossy and smooth as a tobnooan
ioe can be produced. This would hardly ii
profitable, however, yet the idea is = y
200 one, and by further research some IL
rocess for roughening the surface viii d
, discovered. just imagine a res;. il
.nce Duilt OF Transparent stone, so that D!
e amp Is lighted in the interior h'
rays, softened and changed into rosaata
les, can be seen shining through from the
The effect would be marveIons anns
autfui. Mr.. Boorfried claims thai
+ wheels can be made from the stuff. ale" ra
is; ana there is no reason WHY It should N,
denofed, ii the other is true. he exnacts vi
go east in a few days, and endeavar to
crest wealthy capitalists to take boIJ
tne matter with him. He refuses to stata
at the stone-melting liquid is comnossJ :
b as ne says ne does not intend that pr
10. "4 people snail take away from him GA
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