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NEW TROCESS FOR CLAYING SUGARS. 



weight in proportion as the fyrup runs off, and acquire a force 

 of adhefion eq.al to that of the fugar put into forms. 

 THIRD ADVANTAGE. 

 As to its Whiteinjs or Colour. 

 and much lefs at The Cafed fugar bleaches as well under the clay, as that 

 which is put into forms, and its bale retains proportionally lefs 

 fyrup than tne head of the form. 



FOURTH ADVANTAGE. 



With Refpecl to the Manipulation. 

 Comparison. 1 . Lefs Labour and lofs of Time. 



the bafc. 



Numerical ftate- When we fabricate fugar, 



xnent of the fav- , , 



foi of labour. we employ every day a man 



to wafh the forms, to carry 



them to the fugar houfe, and 



to plant them. 



For putting the fugar into 



forms, two men carry it and 



divide it in the forms, which 



they firl. When thefe forms 



are fufficiently cool, they carry 



them into the refining houfe, 



in order to put them upon pots 



into which their fyrups drain. 



After fome days drainage, 

 the bottom of each form is 

 deeply perforated, in order to 

 extract the fountain which is 

 feparated from it. Wiien this 

 bufinefs is finifhed, the forms 

 are again carried to other pots, 

 deftined to receive their fine 

 fyrup, after which the bottom 

 is difpofed for the claying. 



In treating 416 forms in this 

 manner, four men generally 

 work 51,711 hours, which, 

 multiplied by 4, amounts to 

 206,84-1. hours work for one 

 man. 



By the ufe of the cafes, I 

 avoid the neceflity for em- 

 ploying this man, and the lofs 

 of this time. 



For cafing the fngar, it is 

 tranfported, one iingle time, 

 by fmali buckets into my cafes, 

 which are clofe to the backs. 

 This operation is much lefs fa- 

 tiguing than that of the forms, 

 which weigh about 80 lbs. at 

 the moment when they are 

 thus conveyed. 



When, on opening one of 

 the fides of my cafes, the fugar 

 is found to be in the proper 

 ftate for claying, its bottom is 

 prepared as I have defcribed, 

 page , after which the di- 

 luted earth is poured upon it.. 



In this manner four men 

 clay 16 cafes, which contain as 

 much as 416 forms, in the 

 fpace of 2,840 hours, which 

 multiplied by 4, amounts to 

 1 1,360 hours work for, one 

 man. 



Thus 



