Scientific Intelligence, Sfc. 473 



of the wash, the raisins being chopped and put in without a bag, 

 and 1 lb. of hops should be put into the wash vat for every 8 bushels 

 of malt at the time of mashing, and ^ of a pound of hops for every 

 bushel of malt brewed, to be boiled in the liquor in the copper.— 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute j Sept., 1836. 



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The British Annual and Epitome of the Progress of Science, 

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Experiments and Observations on Visible Vibration and 

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