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with twenty-six quarts of chloride of lime to each 2600 gallons 

 of alcohol. From this last still, the alcohol is run to the shipping 

 tank. 



Gray Acetate of Lime 



The acid coming from the bottom of the first still is conveyed 

 to a wooden still where the oil which in part composes it is taken 

 out. The acid is then run to wooden tanks 12 feet in diameter 

 by 4 feet high called neutralizing tanks in which it is neutralized 

 by adding one bushel of lime to the amount of the liquid coming 

 from one cord of wood. The lime causes the acid to turn a deep 

 wine color. From these tanks, this mixture is pumped to vats 

 16 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 16 inches deep, constructed of f 

 inch steel, covered by a hood, and having a double bottom 

 separated by f inch of space. Live steam is turned into this 

 space and the mixture boiled 4 to 5 hours. It is then shoveled 

 out on the floor and dried three to four hours. The resulting 

 substance is our gray acetate of lime. 



