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late Savigny and Co., the eminent cutlers. They inform me 
that they have found the steel wrought with peat to be free 
from sulphur, which cannot be separated from coal, and, 
consequently purer, whatever other dross or impurity there 
may be worked out in the process of forging. The metal, 
on being tempered, is capable of taking a finer and more 
permanent edge, and the trial of razors, surgical instru- 
ments, &c, made therewith, has proved the advantage of 
this mode of manufacturing them over every other. To 
this fact — the absence of sulphur — Messrs. Phelp and Co. 
ascribe the admirable properties of all the steel articles, and 
especially razors, manipulated with compressed peat. 
VALUE OF PEAT ASHES FOR MANURE. 
The ashes resulting from the combustion of peat, are 
valuable as manure, for they contain salts which enter into 
the compositions of most kinds of plants. 
These ashes form a very excellent addition to bones and 
sulphuric acid, and even when used alone, they are of great 
service in bringing forward the young turnip plant, and 
enabling it to pass safely from the smooth to the rough leaf, 
a period of great danger. 
PART II. 
APPLICATION OF PRODUCTS OBTAINED FROM PEAT. 
These products are of three kinds : gaseous, liquid, and 
solid. 
1. Gaseous Products — These are chiefly carbonic oxide, 
carburet, and bicarburet of hydrogen, &c. &c. As these are 
not commercially sought after, except in the case I have 
already adverted to, the manufacture of gas for illuminating 
purposes, I need not dwell on them, but proceed to notice, 
2. Liquid Products — Ammonia, acetic acid, wood 
spirit, and tar, are contained in the crude liquor which comes 
over in the distillation of peat. The clear portion of the 
