The manufacture of naphthaline made by the hydration of bean oil is included in the work of the Tairen Oil and Fat. Industry Ca., says the "Manchuria Daily News."
The 8. M. Railway Ca. Central Laboratory, to which the suteessful investigation of the chemical process is credited, has now under study the refining, of naphthaline from vegetable wax. The laboratory experts are of opinion that naphthaline obtained from wax is of superior quality to its like derived from bean oil and is considered as incomparably excellent as candlemaking material.
China abounds in vegetable wax, great deal of which is being exported to, Japan for candle-making. How the experiment under notice will come out is a matter of much economical importance,
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