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Show WHAT IS DENATURED ALCOHOL? Denatured alcohol is also known as industrial alcohol, that is, is made to be used in the industries, in manufactures manu-factures and the arts, and in the production pro-duction of light, heat or power. It was first known in Europe a number of years ago, and came to be very extensively used there. Its manufacture manufac-ture and use in this country are comparatively com-paratively receut, though its chemical nature has been long known. It can be made from the fermentation of any substance containing starch or sugar, and as these elements exist throughout the vegetable world, this alcohol can be made from an innumerable in-numerable number of things. The main reason why the use of Industrial alcohol developed slowly in this country coun-try was because of the heavy tax on all kinds of alcohol. But in 1906 congress con-gress passed a "denatured alcohol I law." This declared that any kind of alcohol might be made free from' tax, for any industrial purpose, provided pro-vided that it was denatured in such a way as to destroy its character as a beverage, and render it unfit for liquid medicinal purposes. Uncle Remus' Home Magazine. |