Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-26
SAL CELLAR CONTAINS
IMPORTANT MUNITIONS
Salt Is Playing Highly Important
Part in Carrying On
War.
BASE OF POISON GASES
Hydrochloric Acid By-Product in Its
Conversion Into Soda - Towns
Built Over Salt Mines Coutinually
Gazing In.
BASE OF POISON GASES
ny EATON EEtEN.


LONDON. October .5.-Thc war has
driven home forcibly one great lesson,
and that is not only the national value
of hy-products. hu; even OF the things
which in prcwar DAYS were careieSsly
pitched on the rubbish hcaH rs worth
less.
Few people would Imagine that the
Saltcellar ON our dinner table contains
all the elements OF high explosives, and
that this common condimcnt plays an
important role i'm the war. And Yet
such is the fact
salt is an ail-imn9rtag; Substances j.,
~hiSh aDDeSTs as od EyPr9n}r ii is
so com n high sXpiostv"S". and IS
also one of the principal items in the
were barharously introduced into mod
crn warfare by, the ruthless Hun.
made from hydrochloric acid is that
it is colorlcss, intensely acid and even
W en- srS3N dIp, 81 is fTE ,6
tation of all kinds it proves most
WHEN ESCAPES IN AIR
When allowed To ESCAPE into the air
IL produces white fumes by conGenSins
y HSArochioriic acid was discovered by
Friestly in liz, and pavy in 1910 as
eer5atnedd sf'ST iSTnSsSn; [nni u was
The great center OF the salt Industry
in tg NdHinsh II IN S SnGse edn,y rock salt
the o surase Fur nv Of Z The GSd~ 0 Sa%s
While The two upper beds have an av-
eraco thickness OF ninety feet. with
% is oF"G a2 Sas wS SSS 9 HS the 9s'
county. thick beds OF rock salt also
Rock salt to IS sfi!l ! "THS a, Nor;hwich
but ;he major portion OF salt * OBJ
tanned from brine springs whiCh were
TO the christ ian era
., The brine is first Of all pumpHd
large reservoirs placed at a higher
level than the cooperating pans, into
These pans are large shallow iron yes
sells and are heated either by coal fires |
waste, steam. With high heat in an |
incredibly short time. me salt is pro
"A low, heat neccssitating OF course. that
the brine must stay longer in the, pan.
Agitation Of the brine also tends TO |
pr oduce "A fine salt
SALT FROM SEA WAITER
USED IN CURING HAMS
At one time at different places round |
the evaporation of sea water. 10 wh!ch |
product the name Of bay salt was
ordnary sal salt rs ana ls is issy ! "asa
in tiIc curing OF hams to which it i'm |
p Eli pe Chiap. but pleasant flavor
TO this day in spain Italy and south.
crn France.
In modern Italy salt. MS we'll as to-
bacco, is a government monopoly, In |
British India The revenue from the salt
This, Cheshire towns where sal, is
slowly, being undermined through the |
pumping of the brine and Immense
houses and buidings " TO n riIa n nito.
Eethcr; several Of those that still re-
main have TO he propped up or bolted |
toEether
II has happened more than once that
heop!e nave gone upstairs to bed and ,
disappeared into the ground below
While the bedroom has taken the place
OF the ground floor.
Hprt"s h4v" been buried alive the ,
Eround suddenly opeuinE and swallow
The strsSis Of these sal, towns are
narrow and Irregular, and most of the
IT has been estimated that London ,
alone alone consumes daily no less Mian
abroad for British salt are India and !
the state; Something Xix" 100000 tons |
Is sent 10 America than formerly was
MADIrt4inoM. SALT
sorts OF by- products are oh,ai Inc its
usefulness TO the farmer is wcll-known
but Tor its f"rtii.ing' rffnSis o. prs's
Tam Glasses OF soil. Pigeons will go
Tor miles 10 md lump OF rock salt
AS a preNeulatiNc. especially for the
curing Of Msh, IL has no equal
IN o!den days British salt workers or
Sa!tcrs, aS they were called were.
under The obligation Of scridom, and
once they entered a salt mine were
doomed 10 lifelong service while in .
case o. sale or alienation OF the ground
on Walch the works were situated IN,
right 10 iheu services passed without
any express grant TO the purchaser
ne son OF SaItcr would follow no
otheE oCcup4ion say. that Of his
father. Neither II he wished H. was
ne al liberty 10 seek for employment
anhSWhfre Csc IMAM in the mine. TO
~h!cn ne vas attached by birth
bY an act passed IN the reign OF
ne4rge IL sait"rs received the
rights 81 iic"men and citizens and thus
was abolished in me Rritish Isles the
IaSt remnant Of slavery Copyright.