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SPECI LoraiU yas. eases etd os cocina ero a oe . 9933) 1.0011) .9894) .9926) 1.0105)  .9845 
Alcohol Sbyswelcht-\u. i. -). ck aed pedis a tan per cent..; 8.92 | 12.21 Ball 9.35 | 13:94 Op team 
Alcoholiby ir Gunniee cath adoslsisesteease eee do. .2} 10204" >| 15221 t.14) 4 De TO een 8.80 — 
Total residue ..:... a... +. EAN arg ahaa SEAS ests oe do...<| 2.28 | 38216 1.65 nies 2. 64 1.18 
BOT rE EIS) ah api aN eae Se Re Ee” PUR eB adn A do....| ' 0.231 | 0.532 | 0.130 | 0.181 | _0:835 | 0.090 
% (Choos 2 Ss UN ris © aes eS A melo eae se do....'Traces.; 0.450 | None. |Traces.| 0.300 | None, : 
REA ACICtaS LACEATIC! Simos cp ccs este ses eee do....| 0.7238 | 0.997 | .0.511.| 0.680 |. 0.855 |) 0)4225 = 
} HITEC aACidas tALbANIC). =) ote deci se sore ne stake? do....| 0.360 | 0.646} 0.226 0.318 | 0561 / 0.121 7)” 
Volatilevacidiasiacetie: .. 0 620.020 eae ecmen do....| 0.290 | 0.517 | 0.188 | 0.294 | 0.508 | 0.068 
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In the work on wines during the present investigation, 70 samples 
purchased in the market of Washington were examined. Inasmuch _ 
as-the analyses made in 1880 included so many samples and repre- | 
sented very fairly the composition of the wine sold here, it was | 
thought inadvisable to make a complete analysis of all the samples, 
| especially as many of them were identical in origin with those ex- 
amined by Mr. Parsons. Accordingly only about one-half the sam- — 
ples (36) were submitted to a very careful and complete analysis, 
the rest being examined for adulteration only, especially preserva- 
tives. Only those samples were chosen for complete analysis which 
did not correspond to any of the samples analyzed in 1880. The 
samples are all wines of American origin, of which by far the 
greater bulk of the wines consumed here consists. Most of the sam- 
ples are Californian, a few coming from Virginia and other States. 
Several of the samples had foreign labels, in imitation of some im- 
ported wine of the same general class, but in each case the dealer 
admitted that the wines were American. 
The time and scope allowed to the work did not admit of the ex-, 
tension of the investigation to imported wines. i 
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