Those who remember wonderful stories of sclentisis being able to Manufacture gold, out of all sorts of other elements, will doubtless. read the claim of a Rouen motor engineer, to be able to make petrol from seawarer, with just as much scepticism. "in the present wondrous state of chemistry, where many won-Jderful compounds "are being made out of the most unlikely material, there will undoubtedly be a tendency on the part of the general public to wait and see what happens. Petrol produced at the rate of 2. fraction Jot a penny a quart would strike fear into the hearts of all "producers the world over, and. the picture lof a vessel gaily steaming along,
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