Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-30
COAL Alta DOLLARAT TON
AN INVENTOR CLAIMS TO De ABLE
TO MANUFACTURE FUEL.

MS Process, IL "a chemical one and Sim
ply rndoes Ignite or Inferior Coal,
witch 4. Conmon Everywhere. with
burning Qualification lie worked.
Many inventions are in the fold. An
other inventor has come to the front
with an invention which he believes viii
rival eyon those Of Edison and bring 20
mankind generally degree of benefit
which will be In direct inverse proper
iion 10 the woo inflicted upon the inii-
viduals commonly known as the coal
barons.
What he has 20 offer is no les than a
fchene 10 manufacture q coal which
viii be superior ia It's results TO either
bilumiuous OF anthracite coal. 90 which
the world has been 20 long accustomed
TO look Tor its chief supply Of fuel.
80 mauy vast conceptions have boon
already brought 10 the attention Of The
public only to end IN disappointing fail
ures that every new great scheme * apt
u be regarded with suspicion. We hAyd
not suffered from the kcoly motor prof.
Get and tho many plans for navigating
the air, TO say nothing Of Che many idcls
for ubmarino crafts, without having
our confidence Ia such matters seriously
impaired.
The now asplraut for undying fame
and Incidentally for tho millions Of
money that arc attendant upon great
discoveries which are world wide In
their utos has 90 least tho courage Of his
convictions, and his ideas are entitled u
respect.
llr. Albert Edelmann claims for hls
invention that IL will enable him 10 man
uiacture bis coal nj cost Of only ON.
dollar por tou. Besides tho oxccedli
chcapness of tho now article Mr.. Elcl
mann claims for it tbs merit Of boir
absolutely o1orless and capable Of boir
burned without smoke aud being CON
sumed 80 utterly that IL leaves but per
cent. " ashes.
Mr.. Edclmann was born In Warsaw,
Poland. In 1893, and was educated at tho
university at Dorpat, one Of the Prov
incea Of Livouia, ON tho Baltic sea. lie
was graduated there ~ civil engineer,
and then made the grand tonrof Europe.
In is52 nc went to Australia, the voyage
from London TO Sydney occupying six
months.
ms INST issriRATiog.
In Australia Mr.. E1elmann devoted
himself 10 his profession and spont hia
time IN building railroads and In other
engineering enterprises. Ia 1860 he first
turned his attention 10 the discovery o,
cheaper coal, and since then he has do
voted all his tune and money to that pnr-
suit.
IN the first place he argued that II was
n well known fact that there exists upon
tho surface Of the globe largo quantity
Of what may be termed inferior coal.
which commonly called Ignite, Brief
ly defined, Ignite Is coal formed at a
much later period than either bitumi.
nous or anthracite coal, and therefore
without those chemical properties which
would enable Il 10 burn rs we'll rs either
Of thom, and which, therefore, rendcra It
practically useless for fuel or other pur-
poses.
That this Ignite would, in centuries
20 come, develop into fuel which
might DO utilized exactly ~ well as that
which was already known 90 bituininous
or anthracite coal WAS a source OF pain
and yoxa,lon to Mr.. Edolmann. liz
could not sleep At night from his con.
tlnual study Of the problem. lie was
actually jealous, ho says himself. TO
think that people a thousand Year,
hence would avail themselves ot that
which the world might use today could
ho but solve the problem OF cifecting by
chemical processes that for which nature
would take centuries
4 CLEAN OF LGnr.
After study OF many weary year,
Ar. Edelmaun believes that he ha.
solved the problem whose solution he d,
faithfully sought, and ia satisfied that h,
has found q process for Transforming
this worthless iguite into coal, which
for all purposes is equal, aud In many
instancssaupenor, to either anthracite OF
bituulnoua coal.
In other words, tho inventor believe.
that by the mixture with Ignite OF Ger
tain chemical bodies coal is produced
which Is rs perfect al any that was eve
miuel aud this Ignite, ho claims, wcr
It allowed TO remain In the Garth, wouli
require q thousand years for its transfer
nation into perfect coal
In his technical description OF the pro
sesi alluded 10 tie inventor says;
ITO accomplish this result the llgnitl
aud certain chemical bodies (which hayI
first been reduced 10 powdered coudi
ton IN order TO perinlt Of their perlec
commingliugl are placed In molds an,
subjected 20 great pressure in machinorl
expressly constructed for the purpose
and from which tho mass comes Ia III
Ghape Of what are termed, for want OF
better name, 'brickets.' These brioket
can be- made OF any size or shape In OF
der that thoy may suit different cond
tiouF, us, for instance, II the material
10 be- rsod f0r furnaces they would bc
te neighlorh1ol Of eight inches iu ii
leithor quMo or ob!ongl, whereas 4.
stoves they would Dc made corrcspou,
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