Water, characters of good, 37 chemical constitution of those used in domestic economy and the arts, 33 danger of keeping it in leaden reservoirs, 60 hard, how softened and rendered fit for washing, 39 New River, constitution of, 38, 45 substances contained in potable, 48 how detected, 50 substances usually contained in spring, 42 taste and salubrious quality, to what owing, 33 Thames, constitution of, 46, 48
Wine, adulteration of with alum, 74 British port, 77 champaigne, 77 bottles, improper practice of cleaning them, 85 bottle corks, practice of staining them red, 79
Wine doctors, 80 quantity of alcohol contained in various kinds, 94, 95 dangerous practice of fining them, 83 to prevent them turning sour, 84 art of flavouring them, 75 home-made, chemical constitution of, 96 improvement from age, to what owing, 91 Southampton port, 78 strength of, on what it depends, 92 specific differences of different kinds, to what owing, 89 test, 86 white, manufacture of, from red grapes, 90
Whiskey, Irish, flavour, to what owing, 197 strength of, 205 Scotch, ditto, 205
Greek words in this text have been transliterated and placed between +marks+.
The word "Pharmacopoeias" used an "oe" ligature in the original.
Unusual spellings, variations in spellings, and variations in hyphenation have been left as in the original. Examples include:
inpregnating transparant coculus/cocculus inconscious orris/oris root
The following corrections have been made to the text:
page iii--comma added after "beer" in "beer, pepper, and other articles of diet"
page x--changed period to comma after "Ale" in "Method of ascertaining the Quantity of Spirit contained in Porter, Ale, &c."
page 61--changed "where" to "were" in "When men were unable to detect the poisonous matters"
page 62--corrected spelling of "snd" to "and" in "by Hyppocrates, Galen, and Vitruvius"
page 78--added "t" to "yeas" and added period at end of "before it is cold, add some yeast and ferment."
page 98--corrected spelling of "indipensable" to "indispensable" in "degree of whiteness rendered indispensable by the caprice of the consumers"
page 104--changed comma to period after "sufficient for a sack of flour"
page 113--changed comma to period after "made of these ingredients only, are entirely deceived"