Brewing Science, Technology and Print, 1700-1880.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9780822981664
- 663/.3
- TP573.A1 S86 2016
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Principal Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- 1. The Curious Brewer -- 2. The Theorist and the Thermometer -- 3. Brewery Instructors in Public and Private -- 4. The Value of Beer -- 5. Chemists, Druggists and Beer Doctors -- 6. Professors in the Brewhouse -- 7. Treatises for the Trade -- 8. Analysis and Synthesis -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
How did the brewing of beer become a scientific process? James Sumner explores this question by charting the theory and practice of the trade in Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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