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Title: The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen ..
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Holmes, Lewis
Subjects: Citizen (Ship : 1843-1849) Whaling Shipwrecks
Publisher: Boston, Wentworth
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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the manufacture ofcrude sperm oil.* The first step in the process of manufacture, is to take theoil in its crude state, and put it into large kettles, or boilers,and subject it to a heat of one hundred and eighty to two hun-dred degrees, and then all the water which happened to be-come mixed with the oil, either on shipboard or since, willevaporate. Winter Strained Sperm Oil. In the fall, or autumn,the oil is boiled for the purpose of granulation during the ap-proaching cold weather. The oil thus passes from a purelyliquid into a solid state, or one in which it is in grains, ormasses. When the temperature of the atmosphere rises, or the weath-er slackens during the winter, the oil which has been frozen,but is now somewhat softened, is shovelled out of the casks and * The author is indebted to Charles J. Barney, Esq., foreman of Dr. Dan-iel Fishers oil factory, in Edgartown, one of the largest, if not the largestin the country, for the principal facts respecting the manufacture of oil.
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HISTORY AND DETAILS OF WHALING. 291 put into strong bags that will hold half a bushel or more, inorder to be pressed. The oil which is now obtained from thisfirst pressing is called winter strained sperm oil. Spring Sperm Oil. What remains in the bags after thefirst pressing, is again heated by being put into boilers, afterwhich it is baled into casks again, and upon cooling, it be-comes more compact and solid than it was before. During the month of April, when the temperature is aboutfifty degrees, the oil becomes softened ; it is then put into bags,and goes through a second process of pressing similar to the first.The oil from this pressing is called spring strained sperm oil. Tight Pressed Oil. That which is left in the bags afterthe second pressing, is again melted, and put into tin pans ortubs which will hold about forty pounds each. When thisliquid is thoroughly cooled, as each pressing makes what is leftharder, in consequence of extracting the oil, the cakes takenfrom the tubs

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