โ Scribed by Brownlie, David
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One of t.lie hst-known Ihitisli low-tem~ierature c:i rborkitioti procrsscs is the invention of Robert Xticlawin, uf Stirling, reprc~enting cxtcnsivc cspcricncc dating bock to 1913. Since August, 1926, a large " Xaclaurin '' plant of four retorts, with a tlirougliput of 100 tons per 24 h., h s bccn ruuning more or less conthuoirsly n t the I~nltnnrnock Gns \Vorks of the Glilsgow Curporntion. Also in 1928 a " JIaclnurin " plant of two retorts, with n totiil cnpwity of 40 tons of coal pcr 2.1 hrs., s t n r t d u p a t the Niincaton Gas Works, :itid litis since bccn operating with p a t success. Robert II~irIauriii erected his first es~~erinicnttil plant u t the Whentrigg Collicry, Ayrshire, in 1914, and during tlic~ sritne yeitr he inst;rlletl a large-sized rctort for the Simple tlicigrcc))r ))tdic ilktakufiuu of the $6 Xuclaitrin " retorl Glnsgow Coiyorzitioti a t tlie Port Dundas Electricity Station. Subseyucntly another experimental " Maclnurin " retort o l ~r i ~t e d at Bnrghmuir, in Stirling, in 1916, following upon which a plant was crectcd at Grtmgeniouth, nest to tho works of Scottish Dyes, Ltd., to whom the surplus gas was sold. The process is controlled by Jlaclauriu Carbonisntion, Ltd., and Scottisli
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silk is usunlly sent out; in this forin for sul~scqucnt operations, such as tlycing, pirniog, wnving, and ltni tting. PROPERTIES 0 1 7 dRTrP1CIAL SILK j~lleb~g.-CIinrdontiet, cupranimonium and viscose silks, bciiig all rcgencmtcd ccllulosc, bchnvc towards ilgcstuffs wry much like cotton, nud the di
No, V. The "Babcock '' Procerr By DAVID BROWNLIE One of tlic iicxt stnges in niodcrn stcnm gcncrntion conncsion with other furnace ccpiipnient iisiiig solid cod, is nlrnost certainly coni1)incct low-tempcrnturc csrIionisrition nnd coinbustion. That is, instead of burning raw conl tIirccL, citiicr in