6 4 'Ardent Spirit. [Book VIII. 



By the experiments of Lavoifier, it appears that 

 ardent fpirit (alcohol) or the produdl of the vinous fer- 

 mentation 



TABLE I. Materials cf Fermentation. 



libs. oz. gros grs, 



Water * 400 ooo 



Sugar - - 100 ooo 



Yeaft in pafte, IQ libs. $ Water - - 7 3 6 44 



compofed of | Dry yeaft 2 12 i 28 



Total - 510 o o o 



TABEE II. Conjlituent Elements of the Materials of fermentation, 



libs, oz.gros grs> 



Hydrogen 61 i 2 71.40 



Oxygen 346 2 3 44.60 



Hydrogen B ooo 



Oxygen ^4000 



Charcoal 28 o o o 



Hydrogen 045 9.30 

 Oxygen i 10 2 28.76 



Charcoal o 12 4 59 



Azote 005 2.94 



407 libs. 3 oz. 6 gros 44 grs. 

 of water, compofed of 



100 libs, fugar, compofed of" 



2 libs. 12 oz. I gros 28 grs. of 

 dry yeaft, compofed of" 



Total weight - 510 o o o 

 TABLE III. Recapitulation of thefe Elements. 



libs, oz.gros grs. 



> {"of the water 340 ooo ~\ 

 \ of the water / libs. oz. gros grs. 



|V in the yeaft 623 44.60 Wii 12 6 1.36 

 Q J of the fugar 64 o o o i 

 (_of the dry yeaft i 10 2 28/76 J 



j f of the water 60 o o o "\ 

 o\ of the water / 



S-( in the yeaft i i 2 71 4 > 69 6 o 8.70 



T3 lr*u-r. o o o I 



4 5 9-30 J 



of the fugar 



of the dry yeaft o 



I: 



28 \ 2 8 12 4 CQ.06 



o 12 4 59.00 f 



of the fugar 

 o/ the yeaft 



Azote of the yeaft 005 2.94 



' 

 In all - 510 o o o 



' Having 



