252 Analysis of Wines from Asia Minor, Palestine, sc. 
, also, as contained in the second 
n edition of Turner’s Chemis- 
try, by Prof. Gregory. specific gravity of the wine 
before and after distillation, I have deduced the amount of solid 
matter, and given the per centum b 
added a column of the per centum by measure of brandy, on the 
supposition that brandy contains 49-44 per cent. of pure alcohol. | 
s others like myself, who may desire to 
liquors, may not be able to procure Gay Lussac’s apparatus for 
that purpose, I will observe, that I used two methods of connect- 
ing the retort and receiver, which I consider much better than 
lute them together. One was, to make the junction by a strong” 
India rubber tube, tied firmly to both vessels by a waxed thread. 
The other, and still better method, was, to find a receiver whose 
neck would just admit the neck of the retort with a piece of 
firm paper wound carefully around it and slightly pasted to it. 
By giving the retort a screwing raotion, it was easily made to fit 
into the receiver so firmly that there was no danger of leakage. _ 
Results of the wake of Wines from Palestine, Syria and the Levant. . 
a column deduced from his tab 
ga a BSy |g.e)2 1 
a 2 A ere ES ls& | ‘a7 
sis Bue |S \Eo | oo 
=|s ee ee 
SeiTst.| 3*8 |sgins | gue 
7s — 5 =| a aSlns 4 
o cs i3 >2s v219.3 -8 
m » |o] os seie¢e3 Lat 
& | 8/18} S85. Isslés | 32 
oO peat fa) 3° Yoleo as 
2 S jo] 264 of(S@ | ee 
BLE 1g) 8s8 [egies | oe 
3 = > =. 8 S\sn eh 
LOCALITY z s s| sf. Ba mee | OF 
we lal aede [ec lee | ae 
— o ee Bal 3 
2} 218] §22s |s&|\sz | 8a 
cS] ofst -|° 
21218] sstolséliss |g 
_a wm | Pa | Be Fin a ae 
No. l. Hebron, soured, age unknown, 1-0097/0°9809 2°85)14:°3 15°52|14°2  |28°90 
No. 2. Hebron, age unkno nown, Ist trial, |1-0083/0°9770 3°10)18'1 17.50 19°50) 17°1 f 35°40 
tria L 1-0086/0-9782 3-01)16-9 18:32/15°9 vi 
No. 3. Mount Lebanon, 1 year old, @ _ trial, 98123-05)14-0¢ 14 15 |15°19/13°8 ¢ log.g9 
trial, 14:3) ©™"*. [15°40) 14-1 
No. 4. Mount Lebanon, 6 years old, tet trial, 9°55) 10-4 10-95 |11°26)11°9 ¢ 99.03 
trial, |1-0380|0°9839 9-57|11-5 12-60|12:2 
No. 5. Syria, (Port wine,) place and 1st trial, |1.0051|0°9808 2-42)14-4 14-70 15-48 wee 29:57 | 
age akan. 2d tria 9802 150 16°2114:9 
o. 6. not old, Ist trial, |1-0220/0-9779'4-31)17-2 17-05 1863 16-2 , 35-49 
2d trial, ‘9782 460/169 18°31/15-9 os 
No. 7. etotal one year old, Ist trial, {1-49117-9? 75 19aS16-9 35-90 | 
2d trial, (1:35}17-6 19-00) 16-6 Me 
No, 8. Corfu, age unknown, Ist trial, 90141161 ¢ | oe 17°26|15°6 31:86 
2d trial, 93), [15-45 1°79 116611152 
No. 9. Samos, not old, Ist trial, |1-020: 3°85}14-0 14:35 | 15°19 18°92 log.03 
2d trial, |1-0226)0'9305,4°11)14-7 5°91\14-6 - 
No. 10. Smyrna, rather new, Ist trial, |1- 3°31)12-7 13-00 13°78) isi 26°30 
2d trial, 201. 13-3 14°33)13-1 : 
_I was surprised to find so much alcohol as the above table ex : 
hibits in No. 1, which would pass for tolerably good vinegat 
