TABLE OF CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF FEE:ME:XT A.TIOX . 



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§ I. On the relations existing between oxygen and yeast . . 235 



§ II. Fermentation in saccharine fruits immersed in carbonic acid 



gas 266 



§ III. Reply to certain critical observations of the German naturalists, 



Oscar Brefeld And Moritz Traube. ..... 279 



§ IV. Fermentation of dextro-tartrate of Lime ..... 284 



§ V. Another example of Life without air. — Fermentation of lactate 



of lime 292 



§ VI. Reply to the critical observations of Liebig, piiblished in 1870 . 316 

 CHAPTER VII. 



NEW PROCESS FOE THE 3IAXUFACTUKE OF BEEE. 



§ I. Preliminary experiment? 338 



§ II. Method of estimating the oxygen held in solution in wort . 353 



§ III. On the qiiantity of oxygen existing in a state of solution in 



brewers' worts ......... 364 



§ IV. On the combination of oxygen with wort 371 



§ V. On the influence of oxygen in combination on the clarification 



of wort 381 



§ VI. Application of the principles of the new process of brewing 



■nath the use of limited quantities of air .... 387 



Appendix 396 



Index 403 



