SOAP FROM COAL
German scientists have now succeed-
Ed in producing' soap from coal. Since 1921 they have been experimenting in an attempt to obtain a fat-containing substance by synthetically combining paraffin with certain oxides. Such a soap wsis eventually produced in 1928. Now that a way has been found to extract large quantities of paraffin from liquid carbon, scientists announce that a wholesome and useful soap for cleaning and for toilet purposes can be manufactured from ordinary coal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 16
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79SOAP FROM COAL Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 16
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