INDEX. 



473 



Sexbasic acetate of lead, 296, 297 

 Shavings, acetic acid from, 218 

 for generators, 65-68 

 nature of the slimy coating upon 



the, 130 



removal of the water from, and 

 its substitution by vinegar, 98 

 saturation with vinegar of, artifi- 

 cially dried, 98, 99 

 use of, artificially dried, 98 

 Sherry-wine from cider, 348 

 " Sick" wine, what it is, 176 

 Silver acetate, 298 

 Singer's vinegar generator, illustrated 



and described, 140-142 

 " Siphon-barrel," described and illus- 

 trated, 88, 89 

 " Sliming" of the generators, 129- 



131 



Sliming, remedies for, 131 

 Sloe or wild-plum wine, 369 

 Slow process, 51 



modifications of, 51 

 Small fruits, wine from, 356-368 

 Soda solution, normal caustic, 206 

 Sodium acetate, 269, 270 



acetic acid from 258, 262- 



265 



apparatus for roasting, illus- 

 trated, 244 

 crude, preparation of, 242- 



247 



crystallizing vessels for, il- 

 lustrated, 244, 245 

 explosive mixture prepared 



with the use of, 270 

 preservation of animal and 

 vegetable substances by, 

 269, 270 

 pure, preparation of, 242- 



247 



Sorby, experiments on wood by, 217 

 Sour Dusseldorf mustard, 426 



Kremser must-mustard, 426 

 Sparger, described and illustrated, 



62-65 



Sparkling cider, 329 

 Specific gravities, table for the reduc- 

 tion of, to saccharometer per 

 cent., 447-449 



gravity, table for comparing the 

 per cent, of sugar with the per 

 cent, of extract and the, 451 

 Spirits of wine, constitution of, 114 



determination of vinegar 

 from dilute, 212, 213 



Spirits 



table for the determination of the 

 true strengths of, for the normal 

 temperature of 59 F., 439- 

 443 

 Spiritus aeruginis, 18 



Veneris, 18 



Sprout, S. E., improved Williams 

 evaporator, manufactured by, illus- 

 trated and described, 410-4*12 

 Stahl and Westendorf, 18 

 Starch, conversion of cellulose into, 



217 

 preparation of vinegar from, 154, 



155 



Starr, Richard T., on canning toma- 

 toes, 380-385 

 Statistics of fruit in the U. S., 401, 



402 



Stein, method of, for preparing neutral 

 acetate of lead, illustrated, 

 288-291 

 mode of increasing the boiling 



point of vinegar, by. 255 

 Still for the distillation of wood-vine- 

 gar, illustrated and described, 

 237, 238 

 for the rectification of acetic acid, 



with illustration, 260 

 for wood-spirit, illustrated and 



described, 248, 249 

 Stoltze, experiments on the amount 

 and strength of the products 

 obtained from the distillation 

 of several varieties of wood, by, 

 250, 251 



methods for the purification of 

 rectified wood vinegar, recom- 

 mended by, 239 

 Stone-fruits, jelly from, 394 



wines from, 368, 369 

 Stoneware jars, objections to, 376 

 Strontium acetate, 272 

 Storck & Co., of Asnieres, France, 

 process for the manufacture of alu- 

 minium acetate, patented by, 274 

 Storing of vinegar, 146-148 

 Stoves, location of, in the workroom, 



69 



" Stoves," what is meant by, 161 

 Strawberry-wine, methods of prepar- 

 ing, 360, 361 

 Straw, objection to the use of, in 



laying up the cheese, 336 

 "Strengthening weak-working gen- 

 erators," remedies for, 126 



