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; electro- lysis of, 138 ; identification of, 173 et seq. ; Manzoff's test for, 182 ; Mulliken's test for, 182 ; occurrence in nature, 126 ; production of, 126 ; properties of, 132-141 ; pure, 131-2 ; specific gravity tables, 134- 135 ; specific heat, 138 ; vapour pressure, 137 ; viscosity, 138 ; toxic properties, 140 Methyl alcohol and formaldehyde, mixtures of, estimation. 198 Methyl anilines and toluidines, preparation by catalysis, 365 Methylated spirits, 290 : — Industrial, 295 ; mineralised, 291 ; thermal data of, 385 Methvl benzoate, 350 chloride, 332 ether, 360 formate, 349 reaction, 174 hydrogen sulphate, 354 isopropyl carbinol, 395 propyl carbinol, 395 salicylate, 350 Millet, 19 Mineralised methylated spirit, 291 ; analysis of, 293-5 ; composition of, 293 Mineral naphtha, 312 oil, 312 Molasses, 20 Molhant fermentation process, 53 Monomethylaniline, 363 Morbid changes in nervous system, 530 Moselle, 486 Motor fuel mixtures, 384 Moulds (mucors), 56, 57, 59, 80 Mucor Boulard, 57, 80 Mucor-0, Mucor-y, 57, 80 Mulliken's test for methyl alcohol, 176, 182 N Narcotic effects of alcohol, 536 " Natalite," 376 Newth's process for ethylene, 359 Nicloux's method for determination of ethyl alcohol, 209 methyl alcohol in blood, etc., 199 Nipa palm, 21 Nitrogen compounds in whisky, 445 Non-alcoholic wines, 519 Normal butyl alcohol, 391 production from paraldehyde, 392 primary amyl alcohol, 394 Noyau, 457 O potato distillery, Oats, 19 Operations in scheme of, 79 Oxalic acid from alcohol, 161 Oxidation of alcohol, 160, 162 in the body- tissues, 524 Patent stills, 87 Pazienti's test for methyl alcohol, 178 Peat, 25 Pectin, estimation as methyl alcohol, 187 Pepsin, 26 Peptase, 34 Perkins's graph for ether, alcohol, and water mixtures, 230 Permanent yeast, 55 Permanganate, action on alcohol, 161 method for methyl and ethyl alcohols, 195 Perry, 485 Petrol and alcohol, efficiencies com- pared, 375 Petroleum ether, 312 oil-fields, exhaustion of, 381 Pharmacopoeia alcohols, 168 directions for testing alcohol, 206 Phenacetin, 361 Phenol, determination of alcohol in presence of, 231 Phloroglucinol test for formaldehyde, 177 Phosphatese, 34 Photolysis of alcohol, 160 Phthalic esters, use of, in identifying alcohols, 202 Physical methods of estimating alco- hol, 213 Physiological effects of alcohol, 523 Pinacones, 118 Plants used as sources of alcohol, 22-23 Porrazzo, 22 Port, 486 Potable spirits, chemical examination of, 406 572 ALCOHOL Potassium carbonate as dohydrant of alcohol, 172 fluoride as dehydrant of alcohol, 166, 217 Potatoes, 19 in Germany, 111 f-weet, 22 Pot stills, 83 Proof spirit, 265 as unit of volume. 261 composition of, 266 Propyl alcohols, 116, 390 Proteolytic enzymes, 33 Ptyalin, 26 Pyrolic;noous acid, 127 Q Quantity of alcohol to produce intoxi- cation, 528 Quinine wine, 519 R Kaikow's test for methyl alcohol, 181 Rapid estimation of alcohol, 216 Ratafias, 456 Rate of fermentation, 76 Rectification of ethyl alcohol, 90 methyl alcohol, 131 Rectified spirit, 168 Reductase, 33 Re<^uction of aldehyde to alcohol, 101 Refraction- values of solutions of higher alcohols, 287 Refractive index of ethyl alcohol, 149-150 Refractive indices, calculation from scale readings, 288 Refractometer tables, 284-288 Refractometric estimation of methyl alcohol, 282 Reproductive cells, injurious effect of alcohol on, 534 Respiration, action of alcohol on, 546 Respiratory quotient, 524 Rhizopus oligosporus, 57 Japonicus, 57 Delemar, 57, 80 Rice, 19, 23 Riche & Bardy's test for methyl alcohol, 192 Ritter-Kellner suljDhite process, 129 Roos's ratio, 495 Rose process for estimating higher alcohols, 417 Rum, 431 :— Analyses of, 434-436 ; Demerara, 433 ; formic acid in, 436 ; imita- tion, 436 ; Jamaica, 432 ; Mar- tinique, 435 Rye, 19, 23 S " Saaz " yeast. 50 Saccharomyccs, spp., 46-48, 54 Sake, 522 Sap from nipa palm, 21 Sautchoo, 5 Schiff's reagent, 175, 184, 187 Schnapps, 430 Schryver's reagent, 179 Secondary butyl alcohol, 392 carbinol, 395 Separation of alcohols from other substances, 170 Sherry, 486 Sikes's hydrometer, 264, 270-271 spirit tables, 266-272 Single doses of alcohol, effects of, 535 Sisal hemp, 22, 23 Skhou, 5 Sochu, 5 Sodium sulphide as dohydrant of alcohf)l, 167 " Solidified " spirit, 373 Solubility-curvo method, 217 Soluble starch, 42 Sorghum grain, 19, 23 stems, 23 Sotol plant, 22, 23 Specially-denaturetl alcohol, 297 Specific gravity, 233 tables for ethyl alcohol, 237-257 methyl alcohol, 133-136 Spirit meters, 274 S])irits, compounded, 460 distilled in United Kingdom, 103 " enumerated," 460 immature, 302 potable, analysis of, 406 revenue from, 105 sweetened, 460 Spirituous beverages, 406 Spiritus rini, 1 Spirit vinegar, 369 Staktometer, 213 " Standard Wood Spirits," 128 Starch, action of diastase upon, 64-66 estimation of, in distillery materials, 45 saccharification of, by malt, 59-62 by acid, 66 without malt or acid, 63 yield of, by certain crops, 20 Starch-containing materials, 18 Starches, gelatinising temperatures of, 59 Statistics, various, 102 Stills, primitive forms of, 2-5^ Sucrase, 31 Sugar beets, 20, 69 Sugar-containing materials, 20 Sulphite liquor, alcohol from, 25, 97 spirit, 98 Sulphur in alcohol, 208 Sweetened spirits, 460 Sweet potatoes, 22, 23 INDEX OF SUBJF.CTS 573 Sweets or made wines, 515 Sweet spirit of nitre, 352 Synthetic alcohol, 26, 99 drugs, 360 fusel oil, 397 Synthesis of alcohol, 10 Taillings, 84 Tar-asun, 5 Tchoo, 5 Temperature corrections, 235 of the body, effect of alcohol on, 549 Ternary mixtures, 157, 158 system, water, alcohol, and potass- ium fluoride, 218 Tertiary amyl alcohol, 395 butyl alcohol, 393 carbinol, 395 Thermal efficiency of alcohol and petrol engines, 380 units, 387 Thorpe & Holmes's method of esti- mating methvl alcohol, 188 purifying alcoholic liquids, 170 Tinctures, 460 Toddy, 522 Toninelli's reaction for ethyl alcohol, 204 Toplis's process for estimating methyl alcohol, 197 Tralles's alcoholometer, 273 Trillat's test for methyl alcohol, 179 Trimethylsulphine iodide, 194 Trypsin, 26 Tryptase, 34 U Urine, estimation of alcohol in, 199, 211 Usquebagh, 7 Vanillin, 360 Vaporimeter, Geissler's, 213 Vapour pressure of ethyl alcohol, 1 44 methyl alcohol, 137 Vermouth, 457 Vinegar, production of, from alcohol, 369 Vini alcool, alcalisatum, 2 Viscosity of alcohol mixtures, 154 W Wash, 17 Water in alcohol, detection of, 208 estimation of, 219, 220 Weight of spirits per gallon, 269 Wheat, 19, 23 Whisky, 437-45-1 : — Analyses of, 445-453 ; blending, 443 ; changes in, during storage, 452 ; classification, 443 ; con- stituents of, 444 ; distillation of, 441 ; history of, 439 ; materials for, 440 ; maturing of, 443 ; nitrogen compounds in, 445 ; patent still, 438, 445 ; pot still, 446, 448 ; Royal Commission report upon, 438-439 Wild yeasts, 45, 46 Wilks's modification of Thorpe & Holmes's process for methyl alco- hol, 191 Wine, 485-520 : — Analyses of, 489, 490 ; artificial colouring matters in, 514 ; British, 515 ; distillation of, 21 Estimation of : — Acidity, 498 ; alcohol, 496 ; citric acid, 501 ; dulcin, 512 ; ex-tract, 497 ; glycerol, 503 ; lactic acid, 502; malic acid, 501 ; phosphates, 507 ; polarisation, 506; saccharin, 511 ; sahcjdic acid, 509 ; succinic acid, 501 ; sugars, 504 ; sulphates, 507 ; sulphurou'=! acid, 508 ; tannin, 513 ; tartaric acid, 499 Significance of chief analytical data, 488-496 Varieties of, 486 Yeasts, 46 Wines, medicated, 518 non-alcoholic, 519 Wirthle's process for estimating methyl alcohol, 197 Wood as source of alcohol, 24, 90-98 Wood alcohol, 128 distillation of, 127-129 naphtha, 140, 304 : — Analysis of, 305 ; as denaturant, specification for, 304 ; com- position of, 310 ; in France, 310 ; in Germany, 311 Wood spirit, examination of liquids for, 197 Wort. analysis, 52 ; classification of, 46 ; composition of, 51 ; dis- tilleries producing, 102 ; enzymes of, 54 ; first recogni- tion of, as vegetable organism, 13 ; growth of, in synthetic culture medium (Pasteur), 14 ; pure, from single cell, 48 ; sensitiveness of enzymes of, 55 ; special types of, 50 ; spore-formation by, 46, 47 ; Yeast — cont. varieties of, 46, 47 ; zymase activity of, 53 Yield of alcohol from various raw materials, 77, 78 Zymase, 31-33, 55 Zymin, 55 printed in great britain by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, BRUNSWICK street, STAMFORD STREET, S.E. 1, AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. •■^.^ 00 to o Q O s:) o o o 5f CQ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY o CQ DO NOT REMOVE THE CARD FROM THIS POCKET >^. 