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Show Ago of Peat Natural peat, as la generally known, ta tbe product of the partial decay of mosses and other plants that grow Id swampy places or In damp and foggy regions. Dr. Iierglus, a German chemist, chem-ist, is said to have produced artificial peat by subjecting a mixture of cellulose cellu-lose and water to a pressure of more than 6,000 pounds to the square Inch and beating tbe mixture to about 240 degrees centigrade. This treatment continued for twenty-four hours transforms trans-forms the pulp Into a product the constituents con-stituents of whtch are Identical with tbose of peat. Calculations based on this new process show that at a temperature tem-perature aa low as that of the earth. It must have required 7.000,000 year to form the depoalts of natural peat Thla estimate agreos roughly with tha calculations of geologists. Youth's Companion. |