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ley. The mouth of the cistern is then closed, and the accu- 

 mulation of water at its bottom is removed by a small force- 

 pump. 1 3 J5, III., 1 80. 



NEW MODE OF MAKING BREAD. 



Cecil proposes the following process for making bread : 

 After washing the grain well with water, and removing the 

 empty shells, it is hulled by means of a revolving cylinder, 

 with roughened interior, and then soaked for from six to 

 eight hours in a thin, sour paste at 77; then mashed with 

 rollers, and converted into dough, with the addition of salt 

 and water, which is baked as usual. 14 (7, CCXVL, 1875, 

 94. 



CLARIFYING AND REMOVING FUSEL-OIL FROM LIQUORS. 



Liquors prepared by the following method, patented by 

 Plattner, are said to surpass those of France and Holland in 

 fineness and flavor, as they are altogether free from fusel-oil, 

 and possess a peculiar brilliancy. After the digestion of 

 the ingredients necessary for any particular liquor with po- 

 tato whisky is finished, the liquid is sweetened with crushed 

 sugar and strained, and one ounce of pure starch, half an 

 ounce of very finely powdered prepared albumen, and half 

 an ounce of milk-sugar are added for every two gallons, and 

 the whole mass is well shaken several times, and then al- 

 lowed to rest for twenty-four hours, when it will be found 

 beautifully cleared, without filtration. 18 C,May 5, 1875, 



287. 



bohlken's washing-machine. 



This machine is highly recommended by a German jour- 

 nal, and acts by squeezing rather than rubbing the clothes. 

 It consists essentially of a cylindrical vessel, which is fitted 

 in a frame in such a way that it can be fixed in a vertical 

 or horizontal position at pleasure, and the whole frame can 

 be rotated by means of a crank. The cover can be fitted on 

 it water-tight, with rubber bands and screw clamps, and a 

 heavy zinc cylinder, of nearly the same height but smaller 

 in diameter, is placed within it, but not fastened. The 

 clothes, previously soaped and soaked and boiled, are packed 

 in the vessel in a vertical position, rather loosely, around the 

 zinc cylinder, and it is then filled with boiling soap-suds, and 



