The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-20
CHEAP CHLoaArE OF Por1sH.

Way 70 Make thts valmaSie Chsu,1ssL
Henry Blumenbere. aged 20. Of South Mount
Vernon. Westchester county, has invented and
patented = process which, he believes. will
cheaper the digging Of cellars in the rocky
soil Of New York. enable mankind to esrRle
sore throats at reduced rates, and bring the
business OF practical anarchy within the reach
OF the poorest BlumsnberR's discovery or In
vention is new process Of making chlorsts Of
potash. This country now imports from
Europe all the chlorate Of potash Il uses
100000 or 4O0o0 900 pounds annually. and,
although the product comes in duty free. the
price In ton lots ranges from IL TO II cents
per pound. The business OF importing chlor-
ate OF potash now lies In the hands Of q few
great houses in this city. Most OF the chlorate
comes from Germany.
Chlorate OF potash II the essential inare-
dent In some Of the high explosives used in
BLASTING 1t enters largely into raekrock
powder; IL an ingredient Of the paste OF which
the business end Of the psrior match IL made I;
plays an important part In calico printing. and
is drug OF much value. especially in the
treatment OF some throat diseases. It is used
also In the manufacture OF oxygen. Chlorate
OF potash is now made. perhaps, most fire.
auently By passing chlorine gas through
solution Of hydrate Of potash in water Along
with the chlorate Of potash there are pro-
duced By this process as waste products
chloride Of potash. which is sold as q manure.
and hydrogen. which. however. is produced
chiefly By other processes and IL Of small
value in this section. The hydrate OF potash
is the csustic potash Of surgery and the chem
zeal laboratory.
When young BlumenberR was deep in his
youthful study OF chemistry two or three years
ago an acquaintance happened TO say to him
that the man who should invent q cheap
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great many chemists older than himself knew
this and we're WERE epdeayoring to invent such 81,
some employment in New York. He went
the White Plains road. which is the N ain street
OF South Mount Vernon. and presently set him
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Piled to neighbor well on, in the world and
offered in return for small loan to give him
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young man half the money he asked for. He
WINE man Win Capital wa. % S
ing to build mill and begin making chlorate
Of potash By the DrScss The Intsnt has ss
Young Blamenbergs process consists in
the solution an electric current Of four and Q
dissolved chloride Of potash into chlorine gas
and potash. The potash has . remarkable
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yielding chloTate Of potash: chloride Of potash.
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This solution is Of exactly the same posi-:
ATE Of potash. hydrogen will be a BY produot
be sold at profit. as il win be produced at a
lower cost than 1t Is now BY other processes.
ess lies partly in the fact that Instead Of Using
caustic potash as one OF the original elements
az he Witch ~
nothing. and chloride of potash. which can be
imported from Germany at about $40 per ton.
cause |. Is IL no great dsnand: BIamenbsrs
sale H in this c F ns a. no. more eSsn
Dre. So .e
he can make enough OF It no more will be In
Compete with bis cheap Process NeSertheleSs
while the Wilson bill was passing through the
House the young inventor called upon Con-
gresham Ryan and urged the propristy Of
quitting duty upon chlorate OF potash; The
OonRressman's answer was that as the inven-
tor upon his own showing could undersell the
importers nearly SO per cent. he deserved no
encouragement from the tariff.
will be at Port Morris, He has had his process
patented In England. France. Germany. Bel
GUM, Austria. and Canada. This will enable
him. II his process shall turn out all that he
expects. to control the manufacture Of chlorats
Of potash In all those countries. This means
q great deal. as the European consump tion Of
the chemical 10 enormous.
The inventor IL q smooth faced youth with q
diff1dsnt manner and sensitive features. He
10 an enthusiastic chemist and electrician. and
he owes his Invention to persistent dabbling
In electricity. He Is fully alive to the financial
signifieancs Of his invention. He received the
documentary evidence OF his patent In this
country only o few days ago. and the patents
abroad were obtained somewhat earlier.