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SECTIOISr c. 



METHODS OF PREPARATION. 



I. PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD. 



1. Pkeseevation during life (see under E, 3). 



2. Preservation of fresh meats. 



Refri§^erators. 



Ice-boxes and refrigerators. 



. Allegretti iceberg-refrigerator. Allegretti Refrigerator Company, 



[New York. 

 . Allegretti refrigerator show-case. " " 



Banta refrigerator. 



Banta horizontal refrigerator. 



. Banta refrigerator show-case. Process patented July 1, 1867. G. 



A. Banta, New York City. 

 . Zero refrigerator. Alexander M. Lesley, New York. 



Eefrigerator-cars. 

 (Accessory. ) The ice-trade : 



Ice cutting and handling apparatus. 



Methods of manufacturing artificial ice. 



Ice-houses. 



Other accessories ojT preservation. 



Meat-hooks. 

 Skewers, &c. 

 Carving-tools. 



3. Preservation by drying. 



Sun-drying' apparatus. 



Beach dryers. 

 Plake-drying : 



Newfoundland flakes. 



Massachusetts flakes. 



12495. Codfish-flake (with covers). Model. Coast of Maine. E. Skillings, 

 Portland, Me. 

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