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Scientific American, Vol. 55, No. 24 (1886) (1886)
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e made in one. pounds of coal tar. Destructive distillation of the coal tar gives 69°6 pounds of pitch, 17 pounds of creosote, 14 made of steel, and for the larger sizes ordinary Bes- This causes a saving in mandrels, and we are informed pounds of heavy oils, 95 pounds naphtha yellow, 6°3 semer… … aniline, 0°77 pound of toludine, 0°46 pound of anthra- cine, and 0°9 pound of toluene. From the last named the hand when withdrawn. substance is obtained the new product known as sac- charine, which is said to be 280 times as sweet as the best cane sugar.—J7on. © 1886 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INCInternet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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