however, mjpt be anything, as i t was purely a f n y t i o n oE t e mctliod of condcnsntion. rlie tcmpernture in thc innin would not be higher tlinn thnt already found in innins without dip pipes nnd working wit,li all tar conditions. In regnrcl to ossiblc corrosion from nmmoniiiiii chloride, Re tlioirglit too niilcll mas gcncrn~~y inac~c of tliis factor nnd lie could not ngrce tlint nny corrosion nt nll would occur. nt tlic Iligli teuipernturc occurring liere nmmoniuni cliloriclc ~vot11~1 not exist a t nll as such, and its free rndicnls would not combine until the tcmperaturc! fell to SOIUCwlint under 100' C. The free liydrocliloric ncid could not corrode thc iron, n~ the crude gns IV(LS dry until tlie temperature fell nnd the wnter dew point was betirccn 00' C. tincl76" C. Once foiincd and disolved the chloride wns nlivnys present in cscess of nmmonin, nnd JI S tlicrc wns no qucstion of dissocintion, tfierc was 110 evidence of intcrnnl cliloridc corrosion in the p l y t nftcr fully four ycnrs' continuous working. rlicrc woulcl be no greater dnnger of pitching up than tlicrc wnw with other collecting ninins working irndcr nll tnr conditions, and the problem irns u o t to keep tlie niniii r i t llic requisite high teinpernture, Iiut ratlicr to bring tlic te~i~pernti~rc do~rn. Thc use of stenrli in tlic collccting mnin woulcl ccrtciinly incrcnsc the nniount of condcnsate ultinintely proclucccl, but this condeiisntc wiis not n nosious product riucli ns wns produced froni nniinoniri stills. IIc did not, CILS and tar and llioiiglit the prcqiortion sttitecf bs Mr. Itobcrtson \veis iibout, correct. \Villi dircci ircorcrg practice, hon~evcr, 110 IJcnzoI, ctc., occurred in tlic tnr. l l e ~irrdciutoocl tlicit if proper care \ve~c tnkcn in t l ~c woikillg of tlie $vn process no increme of frcc cnrbon occurred. 1 lie cvasliing of llic gas to free i t partly froin nnplillinlcne ;is cnrriecl out in gas rvorks was gone solclv to reduce t,lia tendency to cliokiiig in the distribution systcin, and simple wnsliiiig was clicnper thau combined wnsliing and distillation of the absorbing oil.
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Cikragoiu 031 Il'ctcutlcu, 3 r d Fclrutiry, 1915. Sly tIlZlt the bCllz01 WZIS c~ltlfllly di.itkd bf2ttVCeXl XI1. IIOBEIIT 1IAMILTOR IS THE CIIAIII. J1OLASSJSS AS n SOUIfCE 0 3 ' ALCOIIOL FOlt TUE I'J~ODUCTIOX O P PO\'El{. IJY ' 1' . 11. P. IIKIUOT. 'I'he world's lwvdiiclion of m p i r . v0l. SSSIV., N ~. 7.1