Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — Discovery of Alcohol. [ARTICLE]

Discovery of Alcohol.

Alcohol wai not discovered until the seventh century, and the distillation of spirit from wine was not discovered until the twelfth cpntury. The age of whales is ascertained by •dze and number of laminae of the whalebone, which Increases yearly. Ages of 800 and 400 years have been assigned to whales from these indications. ( _ , ,