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Rose oil 



Original oil 



No. 1 



Normal 

 Commercial oil 



d-^- 



15° 



«D 



Hd25° 



Cong, pt 



Acid v 



Ester v 



Quantity of added 

 alcohol 1 ) (90 p. c.) 

 about 



d£ 



nD25° 



Total geraniol . . 



0,8600 

 - 0°37' 

 1,46618 

 + 25° 



1,4 



10,7 



3p.c. 



0,861 1 I 0,8605 



0,8604 

 — 1°44' 

 1,46529 

 +22,3' 



0,6 



9,3 



0,8615 



-2°27' 



1,46499 



+ 18° 



1,4 



18,7 



0,8635 

 -4° 40' 

 1,46300 

 + 19,2' 



0,8597 

 -4°20' 

 1,46151 

 + 17,3° 



1,2 



14,8 



5p.c. 



0,8620 

 -1°50' 



0,8701 

 -1°3' 



6p.c. 



9p.c. 



Oil shaken out with water 



1,46737 



80,3 

 p.c. 



1,46757 

 79,5 



0,8617 



1,46618 



77,2 

 p.c. 



0,8619 



1,46698 



71,7 



0,8649 0,8749 



0,8652 

 -6°20' 



0,8825 

 -10°17' 



1,47210 

 -f 12,2° 



11 p.c. 



0,8706 



0,849 to 0,863 

 — 1° to —4° 

 1,452 to 1,464 

 + 18° to +23,5° 

 up to 3 

 7 to 16 



1,466 



66 to 75 p.c. 



From Die Chemische Industrie 2 ) we call the following particulars 

 concerning Anatolian (Asia Minor) rose oil 3 ), an article which is occasio- 

 nally heard of, but which, commercially speaking, plays a quite subordi- 

 nate part. 



In the year 1910 the rose oil industry which was established in the 

 Vilayet of Konia about 15 years ago by Turkish emigrants from Bulgaria, 

 has given excellent results. The year's output amounted to 60000 miscals 4 ) 

 (288,6 kilos), which brought a return of 7000 £T. (129 080 o4i) as compared 

 with 45 000 miscals (216,45 kilos) representing a value of 5000 £T. 

 (92 400 o4i) in the year 1909. As a rule from 8 to 14 okes (10,256 to 

 17,948 kilos) of roses are required to produce 1 miscal oil; and for this 

 quantity of flowers from 40 to 52 paras (18,44 to 23,972 pfennigs) is paid. 

 The price paid for the oil depends upon the solidifying point. Up to 10° 

 it is 40 paras (18,44 pfennigs) per degree per miscal, between 10 and 15° 

 it is 52 paras (23,972 pfennigs) per degree, with an advance of 40 paras, 

 and for oils of a higher solidifying point it is 52 paras per degree, with 

 an advance of 60 paras (27,66 pfennigs). 



Konia rose oil is much esteemed by Constantinople traders for use as 

 an admixture to an Indian aromatic essence which is known as "parfum 

 Imperial". The price of this essence, which is also brought into commerce 

 as "genuine rose oil", is 250 Piastres (46,10 &f£) per oke. 



x ) The alcohol was isolated as such. 



2 ) Chem. Industrie 35 (1912), 178. 



3 ) Comp. Report April 1902, 60; April 1905, 68. 



*) 1 miscal = 4,81 grams; 1 oke = 1,282 kilo; l^T- 100 piasters = 



18,44s//; 1 para = 0,461 pfennig. 



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