Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 129
larly maintained in the future is dependent, in a great measure, upon increasing the production of creosote oil. Creosote oil is a by-product obtained by the distillation of tar which in itself is a by-product of gas works and by-product of coke ovens. Coal tar is mainly distilled for benzol, crude… … Result of improper care being taken of some red oak ties while seasoning-. degrees centigrade, and usually such other distillates as cannot be used for any other purposes. As the tar cannot profitably be dis- tilled for the production of creosote alone, its supply is deter- mined, fundamentally, by…
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