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or it may be mixed with the gas obtained by the deOOmpoeitiOD, 

 at a high temperature, of the crude oil from peat In this way 



an illumimitiivj gtu is obtained which has three and four tenths 



timet the illuminating power of coal gas, while the yield ia 



equal to that from i 



The solid bitumen resulting from the distillation of peat may 



I tsphalt in the preparation of ma.<ticj 



Even the crude peat, by being mixed after drying- with 10 to l r > 



nt. of coal tar, and boiled ral heurs, dissolves into 



a viscid liquid, which, wh< a lid, and resembles 



asphalt The crude residues from the rectification of the oil ol 



tre burned in proper apparatus, and furnish abundance of 



lampblai't. 



I ictioo of gun many varieties of peat are 



superior to the eh i 1 and ald< 



The reader, perhaps, will hardly -deem it credible that so great 



a variety of commercial products is obtained from a substance 



mmon and so little valued as the "muck" with which our 



-" are filled. As all such doubts arise from ignorance 



of the propert; it, I present below, a couvenient synopsis 



of the products and uses of this substance : 



1. Crude peal as a fertiliser for the soil. 

 -J. Prepared peat and peat-coke as fuel. 



(a) Fordoi id ordinary heating pur] - - 



aeration of steam. 



(c) For the manufacture and working of metals. 



3. Teat for the manufacture of gunpowder. 



4. Peat <>r bitumen from peat for paving purpee 



."». Crude oil for purj F lubrication, illumination and 



• >. Petroleum for burning in lamps. 

 7 Paraffine for th<> manufactu lies 



8. Light, inflammable go* for beating. 

 i niiiin.it . ■ quality. 



Lampblack. 



The or all of ti I , . , will 



- v nsly depeod upon its freedom from earthly b. In 



Peat, the reader! • referred to "Tay: 

 I -meal Reports, in the Canada Geological Reports for 



I860 and 1865. 





