312 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Cane sugar and its manufacture, II. C. Prinskn Gekrlics (Manchester, 

 l!i(i!>. i>i>. XI+3i>0 + \\'I). — As stntiHl in the preface, the object of this work 

 is to fompile in one boolc everytliinf,' that is known about the chemistry and 

 tecimolofiy of sugar ciine and c:ine sugar manufacture. It is primarily for the 

 c-heniist and .-ivoids technical discussions of machinery, although describing 

 Die dilTcrent processes of manufacture. The nomciiclaturi' of Emil Fischer for 

 the dilTereiit carboliydrates is used throughout. 



Conversion of sulphurous acid into sulphuric acid in sugar products, 

 SAiu..\Kn and Wkiikung (Abs. in Driit. /AickcrinduH., Jj (IDOU), \o. Jij, p. 

 8.>,3).— It is shown that sulphuric acid is jn-oduced during the manufacturing 

 process, and further, that the amount is dependent upon the amount of air ad- 

 mitted with the sulphurous-acid gas to the sugar solution. 



Manufacture of corn starch and its by-products in the United States 

 (driiiv Ciril. '>■', (IDOU), So. 13, pp. 2'iO~2.',2. fin. I; <ih.s. in Chem. Ztf/., 33 

 {linn)). \o. 103, Repert., p. .'i'i(i). — A descrijitiou of the manufacture of these 

 products, with statistics indicating tlie amounts of these products, particularly 

 corn oil, which are exported to Euro])e. 



The storage and shipping of honey, Weigert {Leipzig. Bicncn Ztg., 2Jf 

 (I!K)9), \<>. 8, pp. 120-122). — A description of practical methods for the storage 

 !Uid slii]inient of honey. 



Calcium hypochlorite in cider making, H. Alliot and G. Gimel (Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. Set. [Paris], 1J,<) (1909), So. 12, pp. 532-534).— A series of experi- 

 ments from 1905 to 1909 indicated that calcium hypochlorite can be employed 

 to advantage in cider making. It is of particular value when the apples are 

 dirty, as the preliminary washing of such apples in hypochlorite solution pre- 

 vents -abnormal fermentation of the must. Calcium hypochlorite also has a 

 favorable effect upon the ultimate clarification of the beverage, particularly 

 as it brings about a rapid deposition of the pectic substances and a coagulation 

 of some of the other bodies, and further is decidedly fungicidal toward malfei-- 

 ments. When pure yeasts are used it is of exceptional value in the conserva- 

 tion of the purity of the yeast. The amounts of calcium hypochlorite employed 

 do not increase the mineral constituents materially. 



Chemical changes affecting quality of canned goods, E. W. Duckwall 

 (Canner and Dried Fruit Paelcer, 29 (1909), No. 21, pp. 2',, 26, 27).— A pop- 

 ular article on the chemistry of canned goods. 



Sterilizing by intermittent processing, E. W. Duckwall (Canner and Dried 

 Fruit I'aeker, 29 (1909), So. IT, pp. 2^, 26-28).— A theoretical and practical 

 discussion of this method of processing. 



Oil production at the Frencli a,nd Italian Riviera, J. Slaus-Kantschieder 

 (Ztsehr. Landn-. Verfiuehsw. Osterr., 12 (1909), No. 7, j)p. 561-585, fig. 1).— 

 This is a discussion in regard to the production of olive oil in these localities. 

 Reference is made to the methods of producing the oil and there is a very gen- 

 eral description of the machinery. 



About the processes of leather formation, W. Fahrion (Ztsehr. Angew. 

 Chem., 22 (1909), Nos. .',3, pp. 2083-2091; /,/,, pp. 2135-21U; 45, pp. 2187-219',).— 

 A consideration of the various chemical processes which occur in the conversion 

 of hide into leather. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Meteorology. — Part I, Statical meteorology. A. Klossovskii (Meteorol- 

 ogltiga. Clidst I. stallehcxkaiid Mctcoroloi/hiija. Odessa, 1908. pp. XI-\-6Ji2, pis. 

 9. figs. 197; rev. in Mitt. Justus Perthes' Ccogr. Anst., 55 (1909), No. 1, Lit. 

 Ber., pp. 17-19; Nature [London], 81 (1909), No. 2080, pp. 303, 30//).— The com- 



