THE OIL IN CHERRY PITS ioTy 



The cherry oil, which has been found to be essentially the 

 siame as the almond oil, consists of olein with a small quantity 

 of stearin and palmitin. Olein is the chief constituent of the 

 fatty oils and may be made by heating glycerine with an excess 

 of oleic acid at 204° C. Its formulae is C57 H^o^ Oq. 



It is not to be expected that the Central Powers, with their 

 urgent need of oil for food and explosives, have overlooked such 

 a productive source of glycerine as we have found in the cherry 

 pits. The production of the countless tons of explosives neces- 

 sary to ca.rr\^ on a war, has called into serv^ice every resource of 

 the nation. This is an item then, not to be under estimated, for 

 already the cherry seed oil has contributed its bit to the gref»*- 

 world war. 



Department of Chemistry, 

 Cornell College. 



