Cuban Cane Sugar 



drink it, has no effect whatever on 

 the sugar. It attacks only the 

 impurities, both dissolved and sus- 

 pended, but does not combine with 

 or alter the sucrose itself. 



When the syrup has been clarified 

 by boiling and liming, it may be said 

 to consist of two elements sugar 

 and molasses. The sugar is repre- 

 sented by that portion which can 

 be crystallized out, the molasses be- 

 ing the residuum. 



The sugar crystals are now sepa- 

 rated from the molasses by whirling 

 it rapidly in a machine called a 

 centrifugal. This machine consists 

 essentially of a perforated basket, 

 revolving inside an iron casing. The 

 basket is lined with finely perforated 

 sheet bronze or with woven wire 

 cloth and may measure from four- 

 teen to twenty-four inches in depth 

 and from thirty to forty inches in 

 diameter. Revolving at a speed of 

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