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A history and description of modern wines / By Cyrus Redding.

  • Cyrus Redding
Date:
1836
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A history and description of modern wines / By Cyrus Redding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. XXV. OLD WINE GALLONS, WITH THEIR EQUIVALENT IN IMPERIAL GALLONS, FROM 1 TO 100. For common purposes, the old gallon multiplied by 5, and divided by 6, will answer very well: the present table will be 1 0°83311 | 26 | 21:66088 51 | 42°48866 76 | 63°31643 2 166622 | 27 | 22°49399 22 | 43°32177 77 | 64:14954 3 | 2°49933 || 28 | 23°32711 53 | 44°15488 78 | 64:98265 4 | 333244 || 29 | 24:16022 54 | 44:98799 79 | 65°81576 5 | 416555 30 | 24:99333 95 | 45°82110 80 | 66°64887 6 | 499867 || 31 | 25°82644 56 | 46°65421 81 | 67:48198 7 | 583178 || 32 | 26°65955 5] | 47:48732 82 | 68°31509 8 | 666489 || 33 | 2749266 58 | 4832043 83 | 69°14820 9 | 749800 34 | 2832577 59 | 49°15354 84 | 69-98152 10 | 833111 35 | 29°15888 60 | 49°98665 85 | 7081443 11 9°16422 36 | - 2990199 61 | 50°11976 86 | 71:64754 12 | 9:99733 || 37 | 30°82510 62 | 51°65288 87 | 72:48065 13 | 10°83043 =| 38 | 31:65821 63 | 52°48599 88 | 7331376 14 | 11°66354 || 39 | 32-49133 64 | 53°31910 89 | 74:14687 15 | 12°49665 40 | 33°32444 65 | 54:15221 90 | 74:97998 16 | 13°32976 41 | 34:15755 66 | 54:98532 91 | 75°81309 17 | 14:16287 42 | 3499066 67 | 55°81843 92 | 76°64620 18 | 14:99608 43 | 35°82377 68 | 5665154 93 | 77:47931 19 | 15°82919 | 44 | 36°65688 69 | 57:48465 94 | 7831242 20 | 16°66222 45 | 37:48999 70 | 5831776 95 | 79°14554 21 | 17:49533 | 46 38°32310 71 | 59:15087 96 | 79:97865 22 | 1832844 || 47 | 39°15626 72 | 59°98398 97 | 80°81176 23 | 19:16155 48 | 39:98932 73 | 60°81710 98 | 81°64487 24 | 19:99466 49 | 40°82243 74 | 61°65021 99 | 82°47798 25 | 20°82777 50 | 41°65555 75 | 62°48332 100 | 83°31109 No. XXVI. INSTRUMENT REFERRED TO, Page 46. The object is to decant the The instrument being The outline below is very simple. wine without the smallest disturbance. firmly screwed to a table, is elevated or depressed by moving forward or backward a circular bit of wood, the end of which is seen in Fig. 4. The corkscrew and vice, Fig. 1. explain The tubes which are introduced into the bottles Fig. 3. is little other than a prolonged The themselves. are more complicated. funnel, the lower end bent as wine funnels are in general. 13
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