IN A CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
A , manufacturer of some patent compound visited the laboratory of an analytical chemist one day with a bottle: containing an unwholesomelooking mixture. '••-- --"1 would give twenty pounds," he said, "to know what would make the water and oil in this emulsion separate." The chemist examined the emulsion. "Very well," he said ; "write your cheque." "Cheque !" the other echoed. "Yes, your cheque for twenty pounds. You say you are willing to give that, and for that price I am willing to tell you what will make the water and oil separate." The visitor hcfeitated a moment, and then wrote his cheque for the sum named. The chemist carefully deposited it in his nocket-book, and then quietly dropped into the liquid a small quantity of common salt. Instantly the water and oil separated, and whether the client was satisfied or not, he had got what he wanted, and he had paid his own price for it.
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Northern Advocate, 27 January 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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158IN A CHEMICAL LABORATORY. Northern Advocate, 27 January 1906, Page 6 (Supplement)
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