Journal . lls atten-tion ti> the fact that coiunicrcial litmus paper should beselected with care, as samples arc met with which arestrongly alkaline. Serious errors in work may thus becaused. Fnkkc (Brewers Guardiau, 436, 193) has observed thatthe tissues from a freshly killed animal placed in contactwith a sterilised fluid arc able to convert sugar into acid andstarch into sugar iu the absence of microbes. He ascribesthis action to an animal ferment in the tissue similar tothat occurring iu the micro-organism.—F. W. T. K. Jlccenl Improvemcnis i» the Manufacture nf Spirit. Dingl. Iolyt. ,1.
Journal . lls atten-tion ti> the fact that coiunicrcial litmus paper should beselected with care, as samples arc met with which arestrongly alkaline. Serious errors in work may thus becaused. Fnkkc (Brewers Guardiau, 436, 193) has observed thatthe tissues from a freshly killed animal placed in contactwith a sterilised fluid arc able to convert sugar into acid andstarch into sugar iu the absence of microbes. He ascribesthis action to an animal ferment in the tissue similar tothat occurring iu the micro-organism.—F. W. T. K. Jlccenl Improvemcnis i» the Manufacture nf Spirit. Dingl. Iolyt. ,1. !^68, 270— points out that tin: efficiency of a Paukschstiibi- refrigerator can be increased by adding one or moretiers. IMeit Ilgvs, Bayeiithal (.Gcr. Iat. No. a8,233, Feb. 24,188fi), has carried out some improvements iu his wort-distillation column by which a more intimate association ofthe wort and steam is brought about. He also describes the following new distilling appa-ratus : —. By means of the wort regulator F a constant and regularsupply of wort is run into the distillation column A B. ossible, with the assistanceof a corresponding per cent., and the residue isperfectly free fnini alcohol. Ilgcs has patented the abovewort regiilifor (tier, Iat. No. 38,.), Feb. 24, 1886). Expcriincuts on the efficiency of betters mashing anil
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