Had the discoverer of CHLORINE, Karl Wilhelm Scheele,
and germicidal properties, more recently Chlorine has also
envisioned only a fragment of its importance to mankind,
become invaluable to synthetic organic chemistry . . . t o
such a sign might well have hung above his modest eight-
the expanding manufacture of such products as plastics,
eenth century Swedish pharmacy. But "Dephlogisticated
high'test gasoline, delicate dyes, medicines, synthetic rub-
Marine Acid Air" remained a laboratory curiosity for years,
bers, special solvents and fine chemicals.
its identity as Chlorine and its remarkable potentials unknown.
Columbia is proud to provide superior service iri supplying Liquid Chlorine to these and other industries.
Today, the vast influence of Chlorine o n civili2ation is ever'widening. Employed originally only for its bleaching
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