Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-08-21

v-ys II Russia have shown that 1. far
surpazses j. neigh aors. having coal
area OF 10000 10 3o.o09 square eniles.
Bas ever Russia i poor compared with
the -ii--25 square miles Of rich coal
land n our country
And every square mile Of this coal
area fun q vanilla perfume aniliue
dyes and sntiPhyrine. Think Of the
number q fce cream sodzz that could
Dc favored the millions Of yards OF
flannel 70 be coIorsd and the billions
Of headaches 10 Be relieved with the
Goa tar riches contained therein,
Al Of which goes 70 show that here
Is 4 Fast opportunity for euterprisinr
Americans 70 invest education. brains
AID capital for the development of VI
told riches
Perhaps q brief statement OF The
process q manufacture nav De per-
mitte6- In the first place the coal Is
Placed N huge sir-tighr containers and
subjected % comparatively moderate
heat A. the air cannot r@r ~ y -.
coal viii not burn. but viii give %
gas each tor the 10000 feet men
toned above and while the coke re-
mains there VIII drop cut - il = large
amount Of semi-solid sEuezry Iiquid-
the coal tar This lI-su~lifuz srrs
soon separates Into two LAYERS. tie
lighter OILS remaining on top Vow.
ordinarily. these lighter oIIS are sim
ply passed Of perhaps the ereoSot.
Is extracted from this ard the heavier
liquid i used as pitch But when all
the virtues of both the light and The
heavy oils are TO Be utilized a much
more careful process Is followed The
oils are first separated as far as pos
sible By being drawn OF. and then
each part i heated very gradually 10
higher and higher temperature a
thermometer which Is held il the
steam showing tire exact temperature
a. every moment Thus the sub
! stances tat are most volatile. that /.
those that change from liquid to gas
eous at lowest temperature. first be-
come gaseous They pass over through
pipes into the coolers. which are reu-
orally at some distance from the build
ing in which the heating process i,
carried on A. soon as the gases reach
cool ipaee they Of course charv-
back TO liquid form By this zecurzt.
/ but simple method the first light oils
I mostly water with ammonia known as
ammoriaeal liquor. are distilled over
az 100 degrees Celsius, or 200 degrees
[ Fahrenheit Then the temperature in
raised and the next set Of gaseous
I the sO-ealled second light oils. are OBJ
! tanned Third comes the ereoso-e
fourth the green oil: ard then. a, 425
I degrees Celsius that is SEQ degree,
/ Fahrenheit the black oils change from
Z liquid 70 gas and pass over into their
condenser. leaving only the pure pitch.
Each separate set Of oils Is then sub
/ jeeted 70 many different chemical -
agents and it Is principally BY wash
ing out with ammonia and acids rhzt
the last distilled products the black
! oils GO through so many changes and
brings out the mysterious virtues in
perfume color and saeeharine To
the readers who long for scientific
terms we might say that few Of the
euphonic compounds are such things
a. pkenyl-ami6o-naphthslene and
zni6o-szo-rsphthaleue. which after
being washed out with a reagent be-
comes ri-amiGo-azo-beuzoI
For fear Of becoming tangled in the
meShes Of organic chemistry I shall
not attempt 10 90 father Suffice II
70 say that there is nothing but con-
tiEHOus charge in the proportions OF
carbon nitrogen and hydrogen 4
little more Of the one and we have
vanilla extract. little more OF the
other and it's a deep rich aniIine 6ye,
a Ertle less of third and were back
. dirty paste-the same stuff that
gave the beautiful girl her ROSY com
pi-xiOu- her ruby lips ard all the other
charms that grow out Of coal tar
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