The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-13
IBhs WERE TRANSMITTED.
-~nsu.aR EXPERIMENTS MADE By
nm. WILLIS EvEnETTE-
r1A eh.@ieaiiy Pure Elements, In
rr.~tbi~. Under Enormous Heat
~~A Pressure, He Claims TO Have
u~saDs, Not Originally Ih~re.

...ss, Dispatch 10 the Poss-TnfeliigerceT.
r4S.ouA' Mareh fz-coiS. copper and
-ssEsl with a sprinkling OF silver trans
- from, auitmo1Y. 80 FAR as the uu-
1870 are epie 70 determine. are what
- willis T. EveTstf@ has succeeded IN
~s4,x az a result % chemical expert
-~u,s DR.. Everette IS an ackHow lodged
~.,,aersty OF assaylng and the general
,~ssssnens % ores and Chemicals. and his
,.r.nt sndsngs which are Gloss ~ akin 10
.a<ee az Tununs. az Sew York. and Ti~-
s,,di~r. of France. have created 10 small
s.s.r,-t. Emm0Ds Is the man VINO claim.
= s,skes gold IN commercial quantities
s,am silver, and sells MS product monthly
70 fas mlE'.
~ Egeretse makes no definite calm
s,oas his experiments other than what IS
snovn by them. lie does not pretend TO
.cesnpIish anything at variance with the
lsvs of chemistry. but his experiments
ssxe Ssven results Of such a nature as to
I'D him TO explain them in detail, and
Lave others 70 Judge the why and where
fare. He hss accordingly made written
reoors OF his experiments. avoiding com
.senf or opinion. and states ia conclusion
r. Intends 10 pursue tho matter mere
sborpushIy- Below Is given "a copy OF his
rsrort in the matter. signed by himself:
Treatment and Results.
Certain proportions OF chemically pure
suiphur sodle oxide, anfimony iron by
hydrogen, ilgmbsc oxide and carbon with
line. silica and aiumina. In highgTsd
Yesraesery cruc!ble, were tightly covered
and inserted In the hot blast of a specially
psepared furnace at full red heat 4 pow
erfd pressure Of freproof material was
niaced on the crucIbIe cover ard a blast
q fwenty-fiye pounds gas pressure of hy-
dro-czfban gas burning In oxygen Gas
turned OF The crucible. the temperature
bsing i.se degrees Fahrenheit. In two
ninutss the temperature had risen 10 $50
degrees Fahrenheit. when an explosion
so3k place In the orucibic. and long stream
s.s OF vivid yellow light shot forth from
the chimney OF the furnace, followed by
dense white clouds OF suiphurous acid
fumls In ter minutes the Temperature
bad risen 10 ZOO degrees Fahrenheit and
series of constant small explosions were
nssrmitisntiy occurring inside of the cru
che. Pfasticsty OF the crucible was now
beginning 10 take place, and care nad to be
taken 10 prevent q sufficient softening 10
break down the crucIble. At All approx
nate average hea, OF between 4.0D and
kQ degrees Fahrenheit. depending upon
the heat generated by the explosion inside
the cfucibie tbs erucible was kept for sew
ersI hours. ana then allowed TO cool down
70 1e@ degrees Fahrenheit. taken ont the
eOctents poured into a prepared polished
mold. cooled. ground into powder. remixed,
Iecharsed aud reset into the furnace az
- degrees Fahrenheit, thirty pounds OF
y
the Temperature was closely approaching
AW degrees Fahrenheit. and the walls OF
the alsfnina-silica furnace were meAing
and fricki.ng down into the fire hearth
the crucibie standing more than one inch
deep In molten quartz and alumlua sand.
which was raked out as fast a possible
After given time the crueible was taken
out and Its contents quickly poured into a
prepared mold and cooled
On cooling distinct red Stag formed on
TOP with greenish- white stains and lines
through its mass. This Stag was very
brittle breaking with a conchoidal frac-
tuFe. There was no matte ur regulus but
the metallic button underneath the Stag
VAS cleaniy and easily detached. being
practically metallic sponge. the holes
therein passing directly through from top
TO bottom. and measuring from one-thirty-
second 10 three-sixteenths Of an inch In
diameter. This metallic sponge was quite
maiieaoie. and az no Stag adhered To 1t. il
vas placed without scorifying. into a pre-
pared white eupel where the heat was
Kept up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. with
hN-air blast on the cupel. Tremendous
EXPANSION OF the cupel taking place. the
molten contents were poured into a cold
prepared cupei, when a buobling and hss-
Ing action occurred. followed by violent
expans.on-suffieient TO throw down rhe
walls OF the cupei. evidently showing the
presence OF occlnded oxygen gas. In two
h0anh cuIeilaiion had ceased, the cupel
vas pushed back into the mnffle and al
owed TO cool slowly. \ visitor happened
iaio my laboratory at that time and before
Inn took from the cupei a small bah OF
whtte-eoiored metal
me SAY Was ground Ia powder. digest
81 n G. T. II. No, ? altered through g 4.
Giica wool In G.. Z. platinum porous
cone mixed with c. 7. II NO 10 satura-
/ Ion. stirred, rsnltered through G Z. alter
pApef. and A clear bright greenish-yellow
selafann came through. This solution was
Iasn treated for both copper and nickel by
ths fressGitAs method Of analysts and set
ssae Tor twenty-four hours when heavy
pfeclpiiats of copper WAS found: also
hsnser precpl'afe 80 nickel The white
.sial IN the cnpel was similar - all tests
~ Sod aud silver In other words four
astnet metallic substances were produced
rom guaranteed chemically pure maferi-
no one az which resembles the metal
gree.
Probable Cause of Result.
y possible that hy thc extreme heat
t'vaueed by the explosions which were
sonsahisy occurring inside tho eruc.hIe
tssshef With she great pressure Caslssaa