THE FUSING POINT. 



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Points of Fusion and of Clearance of other Fats. 



Another method for determining the fusing point of 

 fats, is that devised by Dr. Tripe, and communicated by 

 him in a paper read before the Society of Public Analysts ;* 

 in it the author takes advantage of the difference between 

 the specific gravity of the fat and the water in which it is 

 melted. 



Glass tubing having a bore of about -J-inch in diameter is 

 cut into lengths of 4^ inches ; these are rather more than half 



* An "Easy Method of Taking- the Melting Point of Butter and 

 other Pats." Proceedings of Society of Public Analysts, vol. i. p. 119. 



