Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — New Disinfectant. [ARTICLE]

New Disinfectant.

Tlie manufacture of a new disinfectant and deordorant called Sauridon has been commenced at Maryhill, England. It is a residual product of an uncommon kind of black stone shale, which is composed of animal and vegetable remains, is remarkably light and yields a large proportion of heavy volatile oil. The oil is extracted by distillation, and the residual product is reduced to grains of different sizes, varying from a fine powder to the size sos a pea. The powder is claimed to have an instantaneous effect upon obnoxious matter, while also being tasteless and colorless and harmless to animal life.