SPLINT COAL 



877 



1886 



W V7 



without any danger of spoiling them ; in the same dimensions they contain one-third 

 more yarn than the best cops of self-actors. The machine is extremely simple ; but 

 with them they are not able to spin ad- 

 vantageously upon largo machines above No. 

 20's. The quantity this machinery produces 

 is nearly one-third more than the best self- 

 actor, on an equal number of spindles, and ^x^ S-^S ^ A 

 the yarn and cops are much superior. Of 

 course there is a copping motion connected 

 with the machine : the winding, however, 

 is continuous, as well as the twisting, and 

 Jigs. 1885 and 1886 will give the reader an 

 idea of the frame. The yarn coining from 

 the rollers, A, goes through an eye, B, to the wire, c, fixed in the 

 flyer, D, and from thence on the mule spindle, K : as the spindle 

 revolves, the flyer is dragged along, and by its centrifugal power 

 winds the yarn tight upon the spindles. 



SPIRATOR. See ASPIRATOR. 



SPIRIT OF AMMONIA. The name usually given to the 

 solution of ammonia. It should, strictly speaking, be confined to 

 the solution in spirit only. See AMMONIA. 



SPIRIT OF SALT. See HYDROCHLORIC Acm 



SPIRITS OF WINE. See ALCOHOL. 



SPIRITS, VINOUS. See ALCOHOL, ^FERMENTATION, WINE, &c. 



The Revenue produced by spirits in 



1868-69 amounted to . . 10,556.218 

 1869-70 . . 10,969,188 



1870-71 . . 11,463,899 



The Safe of duty in 1870-71 was 10*. the gallon. The quantity 

 charged with duty was : 



In Scotland 



gals. 



7,111,705 

 7,457,599 

 7,?57,696 



The Quantity distilled during the year : 



1868-69 1869-70 1870-71 



gals. gals. gals. 



England and Wales . 7,190,380 7,280,088 7,576,495 



Scotland. . . . 12,197,087 13,799,071 14,501,983 



Ireland .... 6,010,764 6,599,636 8,873,545 



25,398,231 27,678,795 30,952,023 



The Value of British spirits shipped as merchandise, not including ships' stores : 







. 183,291 

 . 200,570 

 . 236,186 

 . 210,964 



Value 

 922,083 



1,460,073 

 229,872 



Spirits, British and Irish, Exported in 1874, 1,213,314 gallons ; value 151,665. 



SPLINT COAIi. Sometimes Splent. A. term, originating in Scotland, and 

 applied to a hard and sometimes imperfectly-laminated variety of bituminous coal. 

 The name appears to be derived from its splitting (Scot, splinting) up into flakes, or 

 laminae. The splint coals are a valuable variety, since they burn with great heat, 

 and do not cake 



