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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



June, 1908 



Industrial Alcohol 



ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES 



A Practical Treatise based on Dr. Max Afaercker's Introduction to 

 Distillation ' ' as revised by Drs. Delbruck and Lange 



COMPRISING 



Raw Materials, Malting, Mashing and Yeast Preparation, Fermentation, Distil- 

 lation, Rectification and Purification of Alcohol, Alcoholometry, The Value 

 and Significance of a Tax-Free Alcohol, Methods of Denaturing, Its 

 Utilization for Light, Heat and Power Production, A Statis- 

 tical Review and the United States Law 



By JOHN K. BRACHVOGEL, M.E. 



'HE value and significance of a tax-free alcohol have been so widely dis- 

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Few in number are those to whom this book would not prove of interest and value. The farmer, the 

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 tance to them, that its use and introduction will effect savings and economies which were hitherto impossi- 

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