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Broiii Ceriiiniiy they acre getting ii gre:it ninny iiiquirics with rcgiirtl to tlic use of osygeii for tlic iiiiiiiufiicture of snlphiiric iiiiliydritlu oil tliu Iiirgc sciile, \diicli Iic \viis coiiviiiccd woiiltl be iiii iinportniit nly)li~ntioii of osygcii ; iiiitl tlicrc w r c II iiiiiii1)cr of otlicrs i i i view, iuitl tloiilitlcss iiiiiny niorc wliicli lint1 iiot get occiirrctl to tliciii, 1iut wliicli iniglit liecoiiic Inrgc oiitlcts for osygcii iiow tliiit it w:is to be got iit ii price nliicli woiild cii:iblc iiiniiiifiictiircrs to iisc it oil ii Iiirgc sciilc. At tlic cost Iic IintI iiieiitioiicti-~iiryiiib. froiii 32. to 101. per toil-oxypcii woiilil rcphcc ii grciit iiiiiiiy otlier rc:igeiits tlint were being usctl iit Iircsciit. 'l'licrc w:is oiic nplilicntioii to 1vIiic11 Iic 11:itI rcfcrrctl Idore, liiit wliicli lie \voiiltl iiiciitioii i i g i i i i iii reply to the siiggcstioii tliiit iiir w i s ns good :IS osygcii iii i~linost 1111 clieiiiiciil rc:ictioiis. Ilc rcfcrrctl tn tlic use of osygcii for I~leiicliiiig 1i:ipcr piilp. 110 1i:icl proveil, coiicliisivcly Iic t11011~~1it. niid oii tlic liirgc scdc, tliiit wlieii osygcii w:is iisctlPiii coiijiiiictioii witli ~i~cnc~iiiig-Iio\vc~cr, ii wry Iiirgc proportion of the hitter iiiight Iic replaced Iiy II siiinll Imrtioii of tlic foriiicr. 1ii workiiig oii ii toil of gmss iisctl for ~iii~icriiiiikiug, wliicli ivoii1d rerliiirc :ilioiit 9 cwt. of I~lciicliiiig-Iiowtler iii the ortliiiiiry wiy, Iiy iiiiiig iilioiit 800 ft. of osygcii the lile:~cliiiig-~~o~tler rcqiiiretl woiiltl be recliical to :iliout 1;cwt. IIc lint1 niiulc ciirefiil cslmriiiieiits on tlic effect of iisiiig iiir iii coiijiiiictioii wit11 1ilc:icliiiig-po~vtler, iiiid 1i:itl foiiiid tliiit, workiiig iii the liilionitory oii 11 senlc of IL iliinrtcr cwt. of inntcriiil, iiir did iiot iit rill