. Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts . i: 1 6 AC ® S) j 1 S ® ® s ■c-^^. JOURNAL, o r NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY AND THE ARTS. MARCH, 1807. ARTICLE I. Experiments on Faim-Oil, hy John Bostock, Co7n-mtmicattid by the Author T. To Mr. NICHOLSON. HE appearance and physical properties of the substance Palm-oil,called Palm-Oil, are sufficiently well known; but I believe itshabitudes with different chemical re-agents, have never yetbeen attended to. Palm-Oil, as usually imported into this country, is of a deep —its obviousorange-colour: its consistence is similar to that o
. Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts . i: 1 6 AC ® S) j 1 S ® ® s ■c-^^. JOURNAL, o r NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY AND THE ARTS. MARCH, 1807. ARTICLE I. Experiments on Faim-Oil, hy John Bostock, Co7n-mtmicattid by the Author T. To Mr. NICHOLSON. HE appearance and physical properties of the substance Palm-oil,called Palm-Oil, are sufficiently well known; but I believe itshabitudes with different chemical re-agents, have never yetbeen attended to. Palm-Oil, as usually imported into this country, is of a deep —its obviousorange-colour: its consistence is similar to that of butter, ^^P^^^**although perhaps, for the most part, a little harder and lessunctuous. It has an odour peculiar to itself, somewhat aro-matic, and not unpleasant. Its inflammability seems aboutequal to that of tallow; a cotton thread, inclosed in a quantityof it, was easily igni(ed, and burned with a clear, brightflame. In order to ascertain the melting point of palm-oil, I heated Experimentsa portion of it to the 100th degree, when it became perfectly S!n£pdn?.fluid, and then obse
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