Show ARTIFICIAL PETROLEUM I is not perhaps generally known that I petroleum can now be produced artifici ally The process is very simple being the distillation in a strong iron vessel under a pressure of 2 atmospheres of j the animal fats and oils at a temperature I of 300 degrees C Under favorable conditions condi-tions 70 per cent of the fatty oils is transformed into petroleum which is 9 per cent of the theoretical yield The product thus obtained has been found to be in every particular identical with natural na-tural petroleum It is suggested that with modifications of conditions in the process oils of different grades may be produced I is premature to predict the changes in the petroleum Industry or to sayS what bearing this discovery may have At present it certainly appears to be of little 1Ue practical importance yet it is not the less an Interesting fact and one perhaps not to b lost sight of The discovery will doubtlessly he further developed wi I is not improbable that it may become oC commercial Importance 01 I as is claimed 70 per cent of the animal ani-mal oil is convertible into a good petroleum pe-troleum it would appear that Deras ol which sells at 2 cent per gallon could profitably be converted into 0 uperlor i grade of petroleum selling say at 12 cent I would be no more remarkable than many other transmutations if at some future time this discovery should find an important place In the products of lubricants and illuminating oils China Glass and Lamps |