Chap. 6.] of drdent Spirit. 67 



affumes the form of an elaftic fluid at the temperature 



of 185 degrees. 



Spirit 



TABLE V. Recapitulation of the Produfii* 



I' Water 

 Carbonic acid - 

 Alkohol 

 Acetous acid 

 Refiduum of fugar 

 Yeaft 



C Carbonic acid 



28 Ills. 12 oz. 5 gros, \Alkohol 

 59 g rs - of charcoal,< Acetous acid 



contained in the J Refiduum of fugs-r 

 f Yeaft 



Water 



Water of the alkohol - 

 Combined with the 

 charcoal of the alko. 

 Acetous acid 

 Reiiduum of fugar 

 _ Yeaft, 

 2 grcs. 37 grs. of azote in the yeaft 



Total - 



7 1 libs: 8 oz. 6 gros. 66 

 grs. of hydrogen, 

 contained in the 



5 1 o //'</ 



510 o 



' In thefe refults, I have been exaft, even to grains ; not that it 

 is poflible, in experiments of this nature, to carry our accuracy fo 

 far; but as the experiments were made only with a few pounds of 

 fugar, and as, for the fake of comparifon, I reduced the refults of 

 the aftual experiments to the quintal or imaginary hundred pounds ; 

 I thought it neceffary to leave the fractional parts precifely as 

 produced by calculation. 



When we confider the refults prefented by thefe tables with 

 attention, it is eafy to difcover exafily what occurs during fer- 

 mentation. In the firft place, out of the 100 libs, of fugar em- 

 ployed, 4 Ills, i 02. 4 gros. 3 grs. remain, without having fuffered 

 decompofition ; fo that, in reality, we have only operated upon 

 95 libs. 14 ox,. } gros. 69 grs. of fugar ; that is to fay, upon 61 lib. 

 6 oz. 45 grs, of oxygen, 7 libs. 10 oz. 6 gros. 6 grs. of hydrogen, 

 and 26 libs. 13 ex. r grot. 19 grs. of charcoal. By comparing 

 F 2 thefe 



