Practical Gauging: With Instructions in the Use of Syke's Hydrometer. Also a Chapter on Distillation, Describing the Process for Ascertaining the Strength of Wines, and the Original Gravities of Beers |
Contents
Explanation of Terms | 1 |
Do of Surfaces | 9 |
On the Ratios of Similar Figures | 17 |
3 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
absolute alcohol acetic acid alcohol allowance ammonia amount axis base beer bottle BRANDY brass breadth bulk bung diameter bung rod bunghole bungstave calculated callipers cask cast centre CHARENTE chimb circle circular circumference condenser Cross and dip cube cubic inches cylinder deducted difference dimensions distilled water divided divisions dry inches ellipsis equal Fahr feet figure find the Solidity flask front head frustum gauge-point gauger gauging gonal head rod HOGSHEADS Hydrometry immersed Imperial Gallon length line of inches liquor MARSALA mean bung mean diameter measurement mode multiplied number of gallons operation original gravity paraboloid parallelogram perpendicular bung practice proof quantity proof spirit proportion QUARTER-CASKS re-gauge regular polygons Rhombus rule RULE.-Multiply segment line side slide specific gravity spheroid spirit indication square staves straight line strengths of spirits surface Sykes's hydrometer Take the bung taken temperature tenths thickness triangle ullage upper line varieties vessel wet inches wine wort yards