The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-05
BEAUTY OF COLOR AND RICHNESS
OF SCENT.
The wonderful Variety Of Substances OBJ.
tanned From viie-smeiling Coal.Tar.
Dr. David pa,sr,on. IN Good Words.

~. David Fullerton. in Good Word,
Coal-tar, a by-product iu the manufacture
OF ordinary coal gas. is wonderfully COM
plox substance No less than sixty different
substances have been discovered In IL, and
more are being discovered every year.
One OF the most interesting OF these Is BEN
zine-a clear mobile LIQUID discovered In gas
oils by Michael Faraday in 1925. II Ia used in
enormous quantities for the production Of
aniline, and also Of powerful perfume known
as artificial oil OF bitter almonds" or Essence
OF mirbane." No less than 15Otons OF this per.
tume are used In scenting soars and other
properly, Of dissolyine Eats, resI!n and
value in the cleansing Of goods By tho
to- dry cGap,nGn T@tho ard also N n" form;
~ % cyes sDd Ss football Te
In 1920 aph,halene was discovered ~ tar nv
Garden This j substance iron, which Wa
ranging from a huttercup yellow on the one
hand to, reds, rinks. green's; and scarlets. To
| as II il now considered tho heat rreservatvs
for cases ~ moths. butterflies. insects. and
In 1870 anthracene was discovered by
u forms the base from which that beautiful and
been derived from the III roc roots o. the. madden
slIzarin" But IN fiss two German TSn chemists,
Graehe and Lihormann. discovered q method
product anthraccne-a discovery which has
completely revolutionized the dyeing aud cal.
ami sonsr sS tns
Anthracene. which formerly was onsldered
useless hy;Droduct. and sold at a few shilling.
@ .%methna IKE s 500 t tom
scded the. natural rroduct fr"m he ms}dar
plant; and the cu'tivaton o. madden: which
now Gwirdied away. and in the cour.o OF a few lew
:. s. SSa s Ss s
powerful antlssptIcs and dIsirfac,ants. purPses
the atmosrhe.e from noHious gases and
valuable an'isentc properties have been In
troduced int snIgcIy with great snccess By
sScIe,y. From ,' carbciic acid Is obiained a
valuable series Of c1loring matters. ranging
red howns HNi e ober eoor 70
The wonderful substance 'anine" r. found
GGn,y IN small quantities e eool;,ar and ts pro:
when zinin, in 1912, showed 4 could be made
ior the production, of the innumerable beau.
benzine. In 1850 Dr. william II. Perfin then
2 young man OF ~. was engaged experiment.
Hn th H. to az n sE
direction were failure they were the, means
o' his making the great discovery ~ the frst
exporirsnts has arisen worid.wi+e inaustry.
In 1893 Prof A. ". Hofmnnn discovered the
magnificent color magenta or anlllne red. one
~ N" most brilliant co'ors known to the dyer.
Then camo IN 1u'ck succession green's violets.
Of the rainbow. and at the present day the
mum her and varieties ~ co'ors are bewildering.
We nre indebted To coal-tar not only for
beautiful co'ors. but also for acme ~ our most
ryr'ne discovered in iSss3 Nv nr 'Knorr ~ Frlan.
gen. In considered even better than dulnine N
nm 8ssuager Of fevers md IL mnrh cheaper in
rrice. Another IA thalllum. discovered nv
Skrnrn, which, has The special power OF
lack" the dread Of every coionist.
phana"ntine is still another. possessing val
able entinvrntic properties. Sulphonal. dis-
covered by Prot. Bacyer. is n hypnotic But
r"rhnps the most remarkable substance OBJ
swoet"r than care.sugar useful for swPet"ning
fruit pre-. rv"s, iarna. iel'ies &C. whore oriin-
ary cRre-sugar would moull and Torment in
course ~ time A most interesting and Inn
md 'n''on the hohv ns canp-suCnr does Hence
n Is ~ value n certain troubles like diabetes.
whore II IL o'tnn recommended by the physi-
clan FOR swectcn'ng tea or coffee In place OF
cNnn-Sugar.
vnrrn. now obtained from this TAR. IL a DELI
onto fnvnr'ng esscrc. resembling the true
vanilla from the vanilla bean. AMI the cultiva-
tlon ~ the plant IN he Cor 'illeras and Manri-
introducton Of 'his artificial vanilla. nv mix
ing ess"rca ~ mirhano with y certain propor-
ton 81 this cca'-'nr van la Lord Roscoe has
rr"parof delightful perfume known "a white
h"IotrorSi. and many OF tho pleasant rsr.
toilet ~ every nr"'tv mai icn and courtlv dame
IRE EXTRACTED nv tho magic ~ chemistry. from
that black and ill-Amellng substance. tar.