An Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress, & Present State of Gas-lightingR. Hunter, 1827 - 434 pages |
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Page 274
... asphaltum ; asphaltum is one of the products obtained by the simple distillation of the tar . I obtained from a chaldron of coals sixty pounds of pitch , and about thirty pounds of essential oil ; tried ex- periments on that pitch to ...
... asphaltum ; asphaltum is one of the products obtained by the simple distillation of the tar . I obtained from a chaldron of coals sixty pounds of pitch , and about thirty pounds of essential oil ; tried ex- periments on that pitch to ...
Page 275
... asphaltum ? " he said , " I have got a hundred weight in my house , and should be glad to sell it for what I gave for it ; " did not mean Mr. W.'s British asphaltum , which he had tried for only a month or six weeks . " Mr. B. Cale ...
... asphaltum ? " he said , " I have got a hundred weight in my house , and should be glad to sell it for what I gave for it ; " did not mean Mr. W.'s British asphaltum , which he had tried for only a month or six weeks . " Mr. B. Cale ...
Page 318
... asphaltum , but there has been no sale of it at all ; and with the asphaltum Mr. Murdoch has made varnishes , which appeared as perfect as any others . Mr. Murdoch has made experiments upon the ammoniacal liquor , which I have seen , to ...
... asphaltum , but there has been no sale of it at all ; and with the asphaltum Mr. Murdoch has made varnishes , which appeared as perfect as any others . Mr. Murdoch has made experiments upon the ammoniacal liquor , which I have seen , to ...
Page 323
... asphaltum , which common vegetable tar cannot ; at least common vegetable tar pro- duces asphaltum , which is only of a brown colour , whereas the asphaltum obtained from the coal tar is of a beautiful blackness , and blackness is a ...
... asphaltum , which common vegetable tar cannot ; at least common vegetable tar pro- duces asphaltum , which is only of a brown colour , whereas the asphaltum obtained from the coal tar is of a beautiful blackness , and blackness is a ...
Page 325
... measure , this article of course is procured gratis ; besides all this , a considerable quantity of tar , of ammoniacal liquor , of asphaltum , and of essential oil , all articles that may be brought to market , are procured APPENDIX . 325.
... measure , this article of course is procured gratis ; besides all this , a considerable quantity of tar , of ammoniacal liquor , of asphaltum , and of essential oil , all articles that may be brought to market , are procured APPENDIX . 325.
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