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but on account of its rare occurronce in commorcial (|uanlit\ , 

 barytes has begun to be the raw material used in tlie manu- 

 facture of this hydroxide and other saUs of barium. One of 

 the greatest uses of the barium hydroxide will j)rrhaps be in 

 the beet sugar industry, for the separation of tlie su^ar left 

 in the molasses. It is also claimed that the compound is ai>- 

 plicable in the cane sugar industr}^ Other uses considered 

 for it are in the purifying of water used in steam boilers, and 

 in the preparation of hides for tanning. As these uses of bar- 

 ium hydroxide increase there should i)e a larger demand, and 

 consequent^ a larger production of barytes. 



These multiplying uses for ])arytes put the industry on a 

 new basis, and take the mineral out of the list of adulterants 

 with which it has been usually classified. 



