Substitutes: A Handbook of Substitutes and Alternatives for Chemicals, Metals, Fibers and Other Commercial Products Including a Plan for Making a Proper Choice, Volume 1 |
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Page 492 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel. Liquid Measure. — 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 31| gallons = 1 barrel; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. Long Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet...
Page 489 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 489 - Square Measure. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30J square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre.
Page 45 - Rub the oils with the magnesia in a large mortar and add 9 ounces of the clear portion of the ginger mixture to which have been previously added 2 ounces of alcohol, and continue trituration, rinsing out the mortar with the ginger mixture. Pass the ginger mixture through a double filter and add through the filter the mixture of oils and magnesia; finally pass enough water through the filter to make the resulting product measure 24 pints, or 3 gallons. If the operator should desire an extract of more...
Page 33 - Vanilla extract is the flavoring extract prepared from vanilla bean, with or without one or more of the following: Sugar, dextrose, glycerin. It contains in 100 cubic centimeters the soluble matters from not less than 10 grams of the vanilla bean.
Page 45 - Then add 14 pints of water in quantities of 1 pint at each addition, shaking briskly meanwhile. This part of the operation is most important. Set the mixture aside for 24 hours, agitating it strongly every hour or so during that period. Then take Oil of lemon...
Page 340 - If at any time during the progress of the work the temperature is, or in the opinion of the engineer will within twenty-four (24.) hours drop to 35...
Page 78 - The temperature in these caves is 40 to 45 degrees, and the air circulates very freely through them . Recently artificial caves have been constructed and used. When the cheeses reach the caves they are salted, which serves to check the growth of the mold on the surface. One or two days later they are rubbed vigorously with cloth and are afterwards subjected to thorough scraping with knives, a process formerly done by hand but now much more satisfactorily and economically by machinery.
Page 78 - ... its manufacture has extended to other parts of England. Its manufacture has been tried, though without success, in the United States. The cheese is about 7 inches in diameter and 9 inches high and weighs 12 to 15 pounds. It has a very characteristic wrinkled or ridged skin or rind, which is likely caused by the drying of molds and bacteria on the surface. When cut it shows blue or green portions of mold which give its characteristic piquant flavor. The price in this country is about 45 cents...
Page 75 - ... The manufacture of Gorgonzola cheese Is an important industry in Lombardy, where formerly it was carried on principally during the months of September and October, but with the establishment of curing cellars in the Alps, especially near Lecco, the manufacture is no longer confined to those months. The milk used in making this cheese is warmed to a temperature of about 75