A TALLOW SUBSTITUTE.
[Special to the Star.] .WELLINGTON, May 1. As an example of the way the technological chemist is disturbing with his discoveries the equilibrium of the world's markets, Professor Easterfield, in inaugural address as president of the Wellington Philosophical Society last evening, cited the case of tallow—an important article of export from Australia and New Zealand, quoted at E resent at £4O a ton. "The t chemist ad taken various cheaper oils—such as cotton-seed oil, quotea at about £2O a ton—and turned them into fine tallow
by a very simple process, merely by introducing about 2 per cent, of finelydivided nickel and passing heated commercial hydrogen through it. Only a very small quantity of hydrogen was required, and the nickel acted simply as a "catalyst" or "hustler,",hastening the- process of transmutation. The result was the manufacture of the finest tallow, which could be sold at £3O a ton, thus undercutting one" of our principal articles of export.
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Evening Star, Issue 15173, 2 May 1913, Page 3
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159A TALLOW SUBSTITUTE. Evening Star, Issue 15173, 2 May 1913, Page 3
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