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Carr's disintegrators were built in various sizes ranging from 2 feet (0.61 m) to 8 feet (2.4 m) in external diameter. A 6 feet (1.8 m) machine, which was a convenient size, required about 25 H.P. and crushed from 15 to 30 tons of coal per hour, running at about 200 revolutions per minute.
Jaques' family had fled Revolutionary France and eventually immigrated to Australia in 1876. In 1885 Edward finished his engineering apprenticeship in Melbourne prior to forming a company with Edwin Phillips as Phillips and Jaques, producing rock crushers for quarries. The partnership was dissolved in 1888 and Edward went into partnership with ...
This is a static list of 599 additives that could be added to tobacco cigarettes in 1994. ... 2,3,4,5- and 3,4,5,6-Tetramethylethyl-cyclohexanone;
Stone Age stone mortar and pestle, Kebaran culture, 22000–18000 BC Rock mortars in Raqefet Cave, Israel, used for making beer during the Stone Age Mortars and pestles were invented in the Stone Age when humans found that processing food and various other materials by grinding and crushing into smaller particles allowed for improved use and various advantages.
In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. It’d be a last-minute move to push back against the tobacco industry ...
Larus Investing Company, a holding company, was established for the tobacco and media businesses. The tobacco subsidiary, Larus and Brother Company, was sold later that year. In 1969, the last media subsidiary was sold. [1] The Virginia Historical Society holds Larus and Brother Company records at the Reynolds Business History Center. [2]
An old pack of Kent Ultras from South Africa. Widely recognized by many as the first popular filtered cigarette, Kent was introduced by the Lorillard Tobacco Company in 1952 [3] around the same time a series of articles entitled "cancer by the carton", published by Reader's Digest, [4] scared American consumers into seeking out a filter brand at a time when most brands were filterless.
Sweetser expanded his company by acquiring the snuff business owned by Jonathan Makepeace. [2] By 1850, the business was known as Charles Sweetser & Sons. [ 3 ] Charles Sweetser retired in 1855 and the business was taken over by two of his sons - Charles A. and George H. Sweetser , who began running it under the name Sweetser Brothers.