The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-10
SUGAR BOWL DYNAMITE.
New Process for Making From Sweets
the Glycerine.

A few cubes of sugar and presto.
4 shell freaks over the terrain to
shiyer into fragments which MAIN and
kill! Just few tablespoonfuls of mo-
lasses and science is enabled to blow
the knarled stumps out of the unyield-
ing ear h with the same material which
makes the farmers wife 5 gingerbread.
BY the direction of Daniel c. Roper,
the commission of internal revenue of
the United States treasury depart
ment. new process has been perfected
for obtaining glyeerine from sugar and
sweets. The experiments on which the
report has been filed were made under
the supervision of the chief chemist Of
the department, 4. B. Adams. Nom
Der OF the American chemical society.
When DR. Alonzo Taylor was in Ger
many about two years ago he found
| that the Teu; ous had run short of fats
| from which glveerine is usually made
and had raided the sugar howl. 1t was
on this information that special lab
foratory was established in the United
States treasury and several experts, in
Guiding John r. Eoff. ". T. LniGner and
r. F. Boyer began the researches into
this method of obtaining glycerine
Pasteur. the noted French chemist
had years before discovered that a
small quantity Of ,glycerine developed
IN the fermentation of sugar and that
| it was traceable in wine and beer. The
chemist, therefore, fermented sugars
and molasses with yeast and from the
mash thus obtained produced the ely.
ccrine. The wave of prohibition which
is al.out to sweep the country will not
stop the distilation of alcohol for in.
dustrial and mechanical purposes ana
for fuel. There viii probably be NOR
alcohol distilled than ever before, but il
will be denatured and made absolutely
unfit for drinking purposes. The man
ufacturing chemists of the United
States are preparing meme the less I,
produce it on a larger scale than eve
before, subject to the supervision of tn,
department of internal revenue.
Several large concerns are making al
; cohol from cheap molasses hrouah
, from the West Indies. This molasses
(which is uneatablc. is known as 'biael
, strap. The treasury department Q
the internal revenue chemists have bee
, able. however, TO ferment it and TO oh
, tain not only alcohol but TO so use III
{ residue that they get glyecrinc.
, | -Four lots OF ''black strap of 90
j gallons each subjected to the new pro
! ces turned out a very excellent qualit
! of glyeerine. There are 100 gallons o
this clear dynamite glyccrine. as il
called. now on exhibition in the treas
g ury department. Samples of it trea'
| led with nitric acid .ly well know
!, firm of explosive makers OF the RI
! quest OF the government produced .
a GOOD a nitroglyccrine as The market al
fords
: Nitroelycerine when incorporate
/ with pulp or other inert substance. b,
: come dynamite. Thus out of the simpl
q sweets of the sugar bowl comes fort
tho strength which will rend the rocl
Now that the war is over the deman
for high explosives will not be SO grea
but at the same time there are man
: uses to which it can be turned in time
: OF peace. II is especially valuable fo
: blowing up heavy and clayey sol
which ordinarily resist the pillow of til
farmer. Excellent crops are produce
. from land treated in this way. The ger
eral shaking up Is conductive to tt
/" better action of the nitrifying hacteri
5 in the ground
: Glycerine serves many purpose
II simple of itself, = as Sir John Falsta
y would say. Not until the scarcity !,
: fats during the war drew attention I
lit anew did the American people rea
: ize how important part it played
: their life. 1t is employed for maxim
!. transparent soaps and identifying i
= tons; the perfumer uses it 10 captuI
= the subtle scent of the rose; it is lu'
) ricant for gas me. ers and machines
J precision; an irgnedicht of copying al
printers inks: it gives brillanicy to Il
mysterious mixtures On the druggist
shelves; while the spinner and Il
weaver and followers of scores of ar
le and crafts End it an ally in Their dai
N {oil.
re Thus thda new process for gettil
81 glycerine from sugar nay prove
&c boon TO the battery. the quarry al
IL the boudoir-Snrino field Republican