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...showed him its impropriety at the time, he admitted his error, pocketed his paper and for months later talked on both sides of the question. He at first decided to write a paper justifying the action of Captain Wilkes in seizing the Confederate Commissioners from the British steam packet Trent, but shortly joined with his Cabinet in making a humiliating apology to Great Britain...
...little known anthracite coal deposits of Rhode Island and Massachusetts will furnish local coal to New England this winter, said Arthur Dehon Little, Cambridge, Mass., research chemist last week. The New England anthracite is very difficult to burn and contains 33% ash. But after treating by the "Trent" process it can be made low in ash, free burning and smokeless...
...explained: "Under the Trent method the coal is finely ground, wet with water and then violently agitated while fuel oil is run in. The coal particles gather into globules the size of French peas, while the ash is suspended in the water and run off. The coal becomes a putty-like amalgam which is then shaped and baked in the form of small briquettes. The fuel oil is mostly recovered...
Pulverized Coal acts exactly as a liquid, if heated moderately, said President Walter E. Trent of the Trent Process Co., Manhattan. The heat raises tiny bubbles on the coal dust and the lubricated particles then roll so that the stream can be piped an appreciable distance like water...
...period of growth into too narrow channels. The man who goes through the mill is to each of these men a repulsive, or at least uninteresting creature. Mr. Pingree believes of holders of this degree that they have "wasted three of the best years of their lives and trent their minds into as tortured positions as Buddhistic fakirs bend their bodies." Mr. Marks says of the same person that "if he wants his doctorate in English, he must Forego knowledge in order to become a specialist." One is tempted to ask in what profession today the same...