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saturated. This benzine is then treated in the 

 condensers and automatically delivered, after 

 being condensed, to a water separator and 

 thence to the main store tank. The dry 

 residue is now removed . from the extractor, 

 which is immediately ready for a fresh charge. 



The same process is applicable to the ex- 

 traction of copra or ground-nut oil, and, in 

 fact, any oil-bearing substance. It sometimes 

 requires modification to render it suitable for 

 special materials, but we understand its applica- 

 tion in one form or another covers a very wide 

 field of industry. 



Efficient arrangements are provided for pre- 

 venting accumulations of vapour at any point, 

 and none of the Scott plants have yet suffered 

 any trouble through fire or explosion. 



