▁production ▁of ▁ac et ate ▁of ▁l ime ▁( cal ci um ▁ac et ate ) ▁ceased ▁early ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁about ▁ ▁had ▁been ▁made ; ▁enough ▁to ▁produce ▁ ▁of ▁ac et one , ▁leading ▁to ▁ ▁of ▁cord ite , ▁or ▁about ▁ 4 0 0 ▁million ▁r ounds ▁of ▁ ▁rif le ▁cart rid ges . ▁ ▁The ▁process ▁of ▁making ▁ac et ate ▁of ▁l ime ▁started ▁with ▁mol ass es ▁( from ▁the ▁Bab inda ▁and ▁Mul gra ve ▁sugar ▁mill s ) ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁sh ipped ▁from ▁C air ns ▁to ▁Br is b ane . ▁The ▁mol ass es ▁was ▁p ump ed ▁into ▁a ▁holding ▁tank ▁near ▁the ▁river , ▁and ▁was ▁dil uted ▁with ▁water . ▁The ▁liquid ▁was ▁then ▁he ated ▁and ▁co o led ▁in ▁the ▁three - store y ▁Ag it ator ▁and ▁C ool er ▁House , ▁to ▁destroy ▁foreign ▁b acter ia . ▁In ▁the ▁two - store y ▁Fer ment ing ▁House ▁ye ast ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁large ▁wooden ▁temperature - control led ▁v ats , ▁with ▁fer ment ation ▁producing ▁a ▁dil ute ▁( 8 %) ▁solution ▁of ▁alco hol ▁( eth an ol ). ▁The ▁" w ash " ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁v ats ▁on ▁the ▁top ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁three - store y ▁S ett ling ▁House , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁sett le ▁out . ▁The ▁was h ▁was ▁then ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁adjacent ▁three - store