178 KIMMERIDGE SHALE. 



The following is the analysis of the manure, by M. Dufiucsne, 



Belgian chemist : — 



Soluble Bonephospliate '39 



Carbon 48-12 



Vegetable Matter 12-56 



Hydrogen 7-09 



Organic Sulphate of Lime 5 "08 



Charred Animal Matter 4"85 



Silica 4-59 



Sulphate of Lime 4-22 



Essence of Naphtha 3-51 



Soda -. 3-11 



Organic Nitrogen 2-95 



Potash 2-07 



Phosphate of Lime 1'37 



Arsenic •■• '09 



100- 



Messrs. Ferguson and Muschamp's process preserved the 

 valuable volatile products. A ton of shale produced 7i gallons of 

 naphtha, 10 gallons of illuminating oil, 12 gallons of lubricating 

 oil, 1201b. of pitch, ll^cwt. of coke, and a small quantity of pure 

 white parafhn Avax. The pitch yielded an excellent varnish, 

 remarkable for its durability and brilliancy, which was adopted by 

 the Board of Admiralty. Through an insufficiency of capital and 

 other causes the company was obliged to wind up, and the works 

 were suspended for some time, when they fell into the hands of 

 Mr. Wantostrocht, who formed a company, under the 

 presidency of the Duke of Malakoflf (Marshal Pelissier), of 

 Crimean celebrity, whom, on the occasion of his visit to inspect 

 the works, my father, an old Peninsular officer, invited to 

 Smedmore. He had not met a French Marshal since the battle of 

 Salamanca, at which he had a horse shot under him. 



The new company fitted up the works Avith the most modern 

 and complete machinery, and devoted special attention to the 

 distillation of oil. At the same time they contracted to light Paris 

 with gas. About 50 tons of oil and 500 tons of manure were 



