INDEX. 



457 



Acid, acetic 



determination of chemical 



constitution of, 18 

 discovery of the generation 



of, 18 



from verdigris, 18 

 formation of, by the action 

 of platinum black, illus- 

 trated, 24, 25 

 in the mineral water of 



Brttckenau, 24 

 in the water of a river of 



Brazil, 24 



mode of obtaining, 42 

 origination of, 23, 24 

 properties of, 42 

 summary of the formation 



of, 37 



theoretical yields of, 44-48 

 theory of the formation of, 

 established by Doberei- 



mer, 21, 22 

 variations in the specific 



gravity of, 42 

 and sugar, testing the must as to 



its content of, 324-327 

 body, formation of, in the dry dis- 

 tillation of wood, 18 

 carbonic, 314, 315 

 free, percentage of, in different 



varieties of fruit, 307 

 glacial acetic, 18 

 malic, decomposition of, 193 

 succinic, 39 



formation and properties of, 



313, 314 



sulphurous, apparatus for the de- 

 velopment of, illustrated, 



135, 136 



for the suppression of vine- 

 gar eels, 134 



tartaric, decomposition of, 193 

 to find the quantity of, in must, 



324, 325 



Acidity in cider, 349 

 Acids, action of various, upon cel- 

 lulose, 218 



of various, upon woods, 218 

 detection of, in vinegar, 209-211 

 disappearance of, in ripening 



fruits, 305 

 in fruits, 309 

 occurring in wood-vinegar, 246, 



247 



Acidulation, accelerated, 97-99 

 object of, 96 



Acidulation 



of the generators, 96, 97 

 Adulteration of cider, 350, 352 

 Aerometer for must, Oechsle's, table 



to, 451 



Massonfour's, table to, 451 

 Aerometers for must, table of com- 

 parative synopsis of, 450 

 table for comparing the clif. 

 ferent, with Tralles's alco- 

 holometer, 436 

 Air, absorption of moisture by, 404, 



405 



difficulty in conveying the requi- 

 site amount of, to the genera- 

 tor, 53 



quantity of, required to convert 



alcohol into acetic acid, 45, 46 



quantity of, which must daily 



pass through each generator, 



46 



reciprocal action between the, 



and the vinegar, 144, 145 

 Albucases, discovery of, how to obtain 



vinegar colorless, by, 18 

 Albuminous substances in fruits, 309, 



310 



Alcohol, absolute, definition of, 313 

 addition of. to the alcoholic 



liquid, 118 



and water, table showing the 

 actual content of, in mixtures 

 of both tin-ids, and the contrac- 

 tion which takes places in mix- 

 ing, 435 

 calculation for the dilution of, 



109 



of the heat liberated by its 

 conversion into acetic acid, 

 46 

 of the theoretical yield of 



acetic acid, from, 44, 45 

 contraction of, in mixing with 



water, 116 

 conversion of, into acetic acid 



and water, 38 

 determination of, 110, 111, 117, 



198 

 by means of the ebullioscope, 



201-204 

 by the distilling test, 199- 



201 

 of chemical constitution of, 



18 



with the alcoholmeter, 198, 

 199 



