'^No^v.T.'mr*''}     Apparatus  for  making  Syrup,  etc,  499 
ated  head  into  the  bottom  of  the  keg,  taking  care  that  it  shall  be  as 
nearly  as  possible  equi-distant  from  the  true  bottom,  and  asit  will  not 
fit  perfectly  on  account  of  the  inequality  of  the  staves,  pack  around 
the  edges,  where  necessary,  with  raw  cotton.  You  then  again  tighten 
the  upper  hoops.  Between  the  true  and  false  bottom  there  is  left  a 
space  of  about  an  inch.  Bore  into  this  space  a  hole  of  suitable  size 
and  insert  a  small  faucet,  one  of  the  old  fashioned,  metallic,  screw- 
top  kind  I  have  found  answers  best.  With  the  exception  of  the 
flannel  strainer,  which  is  placed  over  the  perforated  bottom,  and 
which  I  will  afterwards  describe,  the  percolator  is  now  ready. 
You  now  take  another  ordinary  keg  of  about  twenty-five  (25)  gal- 
lons capacity,  and  insert  as  near  the  bottom  as  possible,  a  faucet  of 
the  kind  usually  known  as  a  "  molasses-gate,"  and  about  three  or  four 
inches  above  the  middle  (or  where  the  bung  is  usually  bored)  another 
faucet  of  the  same  description.  The  object  of  this  will  be  seen  further 
on.  In  the  head  of  the  keg,  near  the  edge  and  on  the  same  side,  and 
in  a  line  with  the  faucets,  bore  a  one-inch  hole  for  the  insertion  of  a 
funnel.    This  constitutes  the  receiver. 
To  arrange  the  apparatus  for  use,  obtain  a  box  the  width  of  which 
will  be  about  six  inches  greater  than  the  greatest  diameter  of  the  large 
keg,  and  the  length  about  four  or  six  inches  more  than  the  height  of 
the  keg.  One  of  the  largest  sized  boxes  in  which  drugs  are  packed 
(about  three  feet  in  length,  two  feet  in  width,  and  one  foot  and  a  half 
in  depth)  will  be  about  right.  Remove  the  cover  and  set  it  securely 
on  end  on  another  box  of  proper  strength,  and  about  a  foot  high.  In 
it  place  the  receiver,  allowing  its  edge  to  project  about  a  couple  of 
inches  beyond  the  front  of  the  box.  On  the  top  of  this  box  place  the 
percolator  in  such  a  manner  that  the  faucet  will  be,  as  nearly  as 
possible,  over  the  centre  of  the  funnel  in  the  receiver.  Four  thick- 
nesses of  fine  flannel  must  now  be  laid  over  the  perforated  bottom  of 
the  percolator,  and  the  apparatus  is  ready  for  use. 
I  will  here  state  that  the  apparatus  of  the  dimensions  herein 
described,  is  intended  for  making  one  hundred  and  sixty  (160)  pounds 
of  white  sugar  into  syrup.  For  making  smaller  quantities  a  smaller 
receiver  should  be  used. 
In  making  simple  syrup  by  this  process  the  proportions  used  are 
fourteen  (14)  pounds  avoirdupois  of  white  sugar  to  one  gallon  of 
water,  which,  as  there  is  little  loss  by  evaporation,  furnishes  a  result 
which  approximates  very  closely  with  that  of  the  pharmacopoeia. 
