90 B. Siltiman on Wotlongongite. 
purification produced measured by the station meter. Also 
a mixture of 10 per cent wollongongite with 90 per cent of West- 
moreland coal was prepared and treated in the same charges of 
pounds and the gas produced measured in the same manner. 
The time of carbonization was in each case, two hours, and 
during all the time the products from the anthracite retort (hy- 
drogen and carbonic oxyd) were sen Mee ull force on the 
distillation-products of the coal mixtur 
The following is a transcript from the record of the experi- 
ment. 
Date, June 2d, 1869. Fair Haven Hydro-carbonGas Works.* 
All the retorts hot and ready for action, but the making of gas 
Piepeytied oc cage to this, experiment. Four charges of 
00 pounds eac e above mixture of wollongongite and 
Westmoreland ae were carbonized successively, the total 
weight carbonized being 800 pounds. 
Time of Readings of ee Time of See of 
iz. tion Meter. Yield. a igs 
12h 43m 935020 th. 
1 45 935700 680 cubic feet, c aw | 
lst charge = 750 ¢. f. 
1 55 935770 
935700 1! stele Dee fibers due 3 
3 35 936470 
935770 TOO ga ics 40 7 
a ! 
3.05 937020 ais 
936470 550 go « f2d charge =1250 © 
3 15  —-987150 =Th. 10m. 
937020 BBG ss 1@. 3 
3-35 937590 
937150 AAG 20° 
3 45 937770 
937590 iso“ « 19 « 3d charge =1310 © 
4 16 938330 
987770 OS) ES rae 30% 
4 40 938910 : J =1h. 10m. 
938330 580 * it3 95 * 7 
5 15 ‘“ 
938910 690 « uc 30 “ 4th charge =1270 
6 15 940900 => 65 
939600 i300 « «& 60 “~ 5th hour = 1300 “ 
_ ee nici <=60 i. ees 
Totals, 5890. ¢ Bh. im, 5sso “ 
* There were in action oe tenes: or beds, of three clay retorts each. The 
upper one charged with a cite furnished, from superheated steam, the water- 
gas, H.+ CO, with a Mele Oe 00.4 HS. 
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