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in wine) an aroma is imparted to it, which, though not 

 exactly that of wine, approaches it much more nearly 

 than does that of simple oenanthic ether. 



Brandy, that is, spirit out of wine, has not the 

 smell of moutwyn, and this liquid, which contains an 

 insignificant quantity of oenanthic ether, and is gene- 

 rally composed of water and alcohol, must therefore 

 contain some other substance whereby the vinous 

 smell is masked. 



In moutwyn this substance is a peculiar volatile oil 

 which does not appear in wine, and which I have called 

 oleum siticum (corn oil). The peculiar smell of mout- 

 wyn is that of a mixture of weak spirit, oenanthic 

 ether and corn oil. This corn oil is C 24 H 17 O. 



I have dwelt more particularly upon these details, 

 because all the books which treat upon this subject 

 maintain that the vinous smell is derived from oenan- 

 thic ether, w r hereas I have already stated that the 

 ether from wine which I obtained from Pelouze smelt 

 like fusel oil from moutwyn. When diluted with 

 water, it had not the slightest smell of wine. 



We will now consider this substance more closely. 



