The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-06-07
new WIZARD
OF CHEMISTRY.
Dr.. Frederick ". LANCE Tells
of His Silver Salts.
DEEMS DISCOVERY IMPORTAsj

cious Metal, He Says, and Evolve
Commercial Products at Small. Cost
DR.. Frederick w. LANCE Of Scranton
Pa, in whose laboratory c. c. Dick
inson, the New York banker. il sal,
to have inhaled fumes which cause,
his death a few days ago. made f:
statement recently, In view of th'
many conflicting reports concernin,
| his supposed feats Of alchemy, /;
which he said that he is the discover
er of an important process for Ii,
making of certain salts of silver at :,
| low cost that 1t will revolutionih,
many industries.
He declares that his method Is sue.
that Industrial chemists cannot con.
pete against it with the ones now els
| ployed and that they must eventual.
make arrangements with him. iii
physician also AYERS that he has pes
| fected a metal compound for be;lring
and valves exposed to the constun
contact of water which is better thai
anything now on the market.
Sovereign alchemist who can all til,
savants confute and dross into co.
/ transmute," be says he is not yet. III
references to the breaking up Of eit
ments and to the possible synthet!
creation of metals from other cot
pounds account in a way for the II
ports which have spread over til
| United States concerning his powers
Hints at New Facts.
Dr. LANCE hints at facts which hly
come to light in his laboratory whi,.i
he believes have not hitherto beer
known, but at present he declines E,
make any further statement concern
ing these researches. He deplores TIL,
sowing broadcast of rumors wliici.
have made 1t appear that he has beer
working miracles.
He showed q bottle containing !,
pound of salt which had every up
pearance of being the chloride of sill
yer which he had labeled 1t and alst
large can of substance which
seemed to be nitrate of silver. Tn
physician asserted that he had mant,
featured In one afternoon 150 peuipi
Of silver chloride, which he had sol,
to firm of wholesale druggists.
Probably hundreds of the Industrial
arts" said DR. LANCE, will be affected
by the process which have perfevtet!
Cksoflde of silver. for instance. sells
at retail at rs cents an ounce am
able to produce It at considerably les;
than the present wholesale rates ate
have actually received So pound for
1t, with the offer on the part Of the
dealer to take carloads at that price.
OF course l am unable to produce any
large quantities of the salt and simply
offered what did to test the practi !:
bility of my invention.
tMy process can be used in making
dry cell batteries for automobiles !,
moderate prices.
II have been sending these salts Il
silver everywhere without even tallin
the dealers what they purnorted ta |.
and have received back analyses III
offers to buy the substances from N
at good wholesale rates. These met
did not know from my letters whetat.
was offering salt, sugar or -four
told them merely to test the sutlStan
and asked what they would give i.
for 1t.
Il have had the products of rav wa
assayed in New York. Philadeigifit
Boston and Chicago, at the Gai.e
States mint. and the reports MI She
that it was pure silver The lStes; f.
port came from Professor Wallace
the University of Pennsylvania hi
analysis showing IS per cent pure 81
yer and Is per cent moisture.
Uses Six Substances.
Il do not feel disposed at this I'm
to give the details of my discover
especially as expect to apply for pa
ents on the processes. | do not max,
silver salts out of nothing, for thu.
certainly are produced from silver
The silver matrix with which starr
Is treated with f1uxes In the powerfn
heat of furnace.
ssThere are six substances used In
the composition of these huxes. Tit
resulting compound contains silver Of
great purity when the mass is treated
with either hydroehloric or nitric acid
The resulting chlorides and nitrates
are OF exceptionally good quality. while
they have been made at a low cost"
DR. LANCE was born in Scranton in
1861 and has lived there practically all
his life. lie was graduated from the
Wesleyan university, at Middletown
Conn. where he studied chemistry and
physics under Professor Atwater and
other well known scientists. He oh
tanned his medical degree from the.
Hahnemann Medical college In phfia
delphia and has since been practicin,
in his native city.
DR.. Lange talks in direct. incisive
way, and when he becomes deeply In
terested In the discussion of his IN
vention his eyes kindie with enthusi
assn and his manner becomes earnest
He is smooth shaver. and his bowed
glasses aud his head, which Is begin
ming to show the approach of badness