A Ton of Coal.
Tiikre is more in a heap of coal than most persons are aware of. Besides gas, a ton of gas coal will yield 1,50,0 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water,ond 140 pounds of eoalfcar. Destructive distillation of the coal tar gives C9'6 pounds of pitch, 17 pounds of creosote, 14 pounds of heavy oils, 9*5 pounds naphtha yellow, 6*3 pounds of naphthaline, 4*72 pounds of naphthol, 2*25 pounds of alizarine, 2*5 pounds of solvent naphtha, I\> pound of phenol, I*2 pound jf aurine, I*l pound oi aniline, 0 77 pound of toludme, 0*46 pound of anthracine, and 0-9 pound of toluene. From the last-named Mtbstaneo is obtained the new 'product known as saccharine, which is said to be 230 times as sweet as the best cane sugar.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 212, 23 July 1887, Page 3
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133A Ton of Coal. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 212, 23 July 1887, Page 3
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