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      720.  ------.  [FOHLEN, J. L.]  [Manufacture of Liquid Hydrocarbons From Water Gas.]  French Patent 631,927, Apr. 14, 1927.  British Chem. Abs., 1930, B. p. 406.

            Liquid hydrocarbons are obtained when H or water gas, steam, and CH4 or ethane are injected into a blast furnace and the exit gases are led over a Ni, Co, or Pt catalyst at 100º-450º C., preferably under pressure.  With a Zn oxide catalyst alcohols are obtained: with Al chloride, polymerized products.