Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-06-02
DIFFERENT TALE
FROM ALCHEM|ST
DR.. LANCE Says He Only Made
Nitrates and Chlorides and
Non Corrosive Metal.


the problem of the centuries. the trans
mutation Of base metals into silver and
gold.
BY little flashes of temper revealed
during the day DR.. Lange showed that he
was not pleased with the attention that
he was attracting.
DR.. Lange was very careful yesterday
as to the wording of his interview. Il
have not been able to change base metal
into gold or silver" he said. What I
have done and all that ] claim to have
done is to tnke n silver ma,rix and by
the process which have discovered pro-
duce more chlorides and nitrates Of silver
than have ever been produced before. |
have produced loo per cent, not 100 times
more silver than existed before. have
had the products of my work assavcd In
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and chi
caYo. at the United States mint. and the
reports all show that it ,!as pure silver.
The lates: report came from rof.ssor
Wallace Of the University OF FcunsYl
yania, his analysis showing 81 per cent.
pure silver
THE discovery / have made" contin-
ued DIR. LANCE rs gigantic. | cannot
even estimate tho value Of 1t commor-
cialy MS applied to the arts OF photo
Sraphv and electricity md the plating
Industry. Tho possibilities If 1t arc suffi-
Gent to pay one. h't I have not hecom"
tigttv over L.
UNABLE TO EXPLAIN GOLD.
Dr. LANCE said his analysis showed
traces of gold but that he was unable
to explain is presence. He went on to
express a belief In the theory of inorgn mic
evolution md limited AZ the possibility
Of rearrangemcnt of the molecules Of
the clements TO produce now ones Or
Iange was asked again If his discovery
was not in reality the transmutation Of
base metals to gold and silver. and he
replied.
II will neither affirm nor deny
"Win you define the actual nature Of
your discovery" Or. LANCE was asked
again. To this he replied Il produce
certain chemicals from certain elementary
products that are useful In the arts Of
photography, electricity and the plating
industry.
Would you care to give the cost of
these chemiCals?"
THEY are produced at 80 per cent. less
than the same chemicals cost at present.
they are produced with many times less
than that cost"
Some of tho n;rates the doctor said he
sent TO Rochester, the home of photoG-
raphy where they stood the kecnest Of
all tests the sun test. The nitrates were
also successfully tested there in the plat
ing industry. He then communicated
with large dealers In New York to whom
4 ha - ~,
asked what they would pay for such.
They answered s. pound. When the
doctor asked how much OF the product
they would take at the price they said
train loads
! 1t seems that c. G. Dickinson came here
TO meet Dr.. Lange at tne invitation of
Victor =. Hedgepeth. vice-president Of
the Tippecanoe Securities company. and
Mr. Fiedgcpeth was present at the ex-
pertinent. He too was interested in the
doctorc project. Yesterday Mr. Hedge
peth was in New York attending the
funeral. but before he left he told a re-
porter that he knows nothing of Or.
Langes transmutation process
| CREATES NON-CORROSIVE METAL.
! Mr.. Dickinson and were interested
In a non corrosive metal which the doctor
MA" "'S'oNereu' ne Sald' Inc metal
IL oeihs tested Id mines ana II seems to
have great possibilities in the manufac-
/ ture OF valves and other equipment which
.'O' " "'e' WATER
"As far as | know the doctor performed
no experiment with gold or silver the
night Mr.. Dickinson was in his lahora.
| tory" continued Mr. Hedgepeth but he
did demonstrate the compromising of the
non corrosive metal"
DR. Lange confirmed statement ahou,
the project Mr.. Dickinson was investigat.
ing. THE Temple Iron company IS testing
the corrosive metal and if Mr.
/ Dickinson had lived he would probably
have promoted the manufacture Of it.
said the doctor. but ! have discoverec
other processes one of which t.. the in
creasing of gold and silver nitrates"
one OF DL lMngr's callers Yesterday
| vas Representative" Of an accident insur-
ance company III when DicklnSoA carrie
Il large policy. Whether his Ccath wa.
tho result or an accident the ,urts WI
PROBABLY DE called upon to decide. Dr
cause ana tha' II was induced, presum-