A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood.
- Morewood, Samuel
- Date:
- 1838
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![George IV. i ind William IV. Year. Strong Beer. Small Beer. Year. Strong Beer. Small Beer. 1823 Barrels. 6,512,645 Barrels. 1,716,395 1827 Barrels. 6,507,929 Barrels. 1,791,364 1824 6,774,938 1,799,664 1828 6,677,933 1,840,489 1825 7,142,046 1,877,094 1829 6,060,247 1,665,351 1826 6,812,131 1,882,695 1830 3,645,594 1,286,107 The number of stills and their contents, with their scale of work, as mentioned in page 632 :— Dublin. Cork. Rest of Ireland. No. Contents. No. Contents. No. Contents. [1798 44 39,523 12 13,892 154 64,562 1799 37 34,372 12 13,892 127 52,690 1800 32 29,154 11 12,998 122 47,602 1801 32 29,136 7 7,046 85 32,553 Years <j 1802 31 33,911 7 7,971 66 33,720 1803 32 29,797 7 7,971 81 42,141 1804 28 24,446 10 11,334 77 45,050 1805 26 22,323 10 11,378 54 31,605 J 806 15 11,871 7 6,981 29 18,046 Size of Still. Charges required. Monthly. Spirits required Weekly. Gallons. Gallons. 500 74 3,237 750 74 4,856 ] ,000 72 6,300 1,250 66 7,218 ] ,500 64 8,-100 1,750 62 9,493](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21012787_0748.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
