New-York tribune., 1868-07-29
SCIENCE.
quantity of sugar

SUGAR IN BREwING.-Ihe quand5lCy Oh 81 sugar llr
used in the breweries Of Great britain 1oing rne ySa
1 S ; a,y Drsceding wear and doubtless owing 20
SGc,"ncv I'm the quantity OF malt made and imported
s1S "a Ions, can be obtained from one qnarter OF malt
Neshing $50 n; l75 Of the best West India sugar
Xehned or sugaIhOuse molasses The manner OF using
sngar ln brewing varies considerably IN different OreWe-
rias common practice TO dissolve I'm boiling water
and add it to the malt worts in the hop back Some
brewers place the sugar IN the cooers others IN he lc
mentng tuns shortly before cleansing ana II II Is to
Oughy dissolved before being oasked quite enough Ter
mentauon will have ensued When sugar is used IN very
small quantities IL is sometimes put into the casks OF peer
after fermentation has ceased but great care nuS De
taken put az the right tme and must not De done
as the beer is 10 be kept for any length OF e Tor the
second fermentation thus up TO be followed by
an action of atness with great tendency acetous fer
mentatiOn The quantity Of malt imported into Great
Britain 1867 less than that imported IN 1866 by
more than 2,75OOOO cwt. Brewers having discovered
thai they can make an acceptable beverage by subsut-
kng sugar mOlaSses for barley and adding perncOus
narcotic aduerations viii probably never return to the
old fashioned method of brewing and British beer must
hereafter be defined mixture of rum and malthquor
BOTrOM-C CAST STEEL INGOTs-Mr. A. l.. Holly,
Of the Pennsylvania steel Works has introduced new
process in casting Bessemer steel ugOts which consists in
baking nest Of ingOts in piece by pouring the
In this manner 5000 mgOts have been cast mostly in
groups Of seven Arrangements now being made to
east the whole charge OF hve uns m group OF thiteen
The improved TASKS consist OF large castron bottoms,
with central cavity, in which the proongation OF the
which the runners from tins sprue mold 70 the suIr9hu
tng mods are formed The cavity and runners are eI
from Oneaf to inch in thickness The patterns are
ali formed on the folowboard and drawn at one opera
tiOn. The advantages OF Mr. Hoeys process over the
ordinary Of pouring into the top OF the mod are
!. The improved quality Of the ng0ts H. the ORDINARY
method the steel falls the whole length OF tne lou anu
spatCrs the Sides consequently the lHgOt Is lOIC
less pCfOus BY the plan the steel rises SLuu"y
the mold pressed against the top 10y ferrosauc
column foot or more in hight The lngot thus haue
is less porous, and has a smooth exterior.
saving of scrap for undcT the old system the lngOls
cannot be made Of uniform length .,,
g. Convenience OF working; the best PROOF or " Delhg
that the wOTkmen prefer the new process. ,,.-,,
A. The saving OF the ingot mods Many OF the Ious MODS
Of the model in the Pennsy vana Steel NOihS nave
been used times which is about four times the service
obtained from mold Of the old form.
The WILSON FURNACE-The novelty in the
furnace patented by Edward B wilson OF Elg g,d Iand
relates TO the fuel chamber, which IL constructed
An such a manner that when fresh fuel is supplied AS
nsual the top of the fuel already Hhted tle ghss
generated thererom made TO pass downward through
the hot fuel eu heretofore of ascending through
the fresh fuel and air also supplied at such points ana
IN such quantity will be suitable Tor COmOusuOu Ihe
Introduction Of this furnace involved series OF pates
with the puddlers, who opposed the innovation IL has
however been successful operation for SOME time al the
ThOrnby Iron NOrks The Dunhan coa useu at theSo
works having the quality OF cOkiug ana beng more D
luminous than coal Of other districts the conditions oil
ignition were wholly dlsslmiar Inc furnace "is spec
ially adapted these conditions. BY the action OF a
danper only air enough admitted TO burn the gases
properly, while large generator provided constant
supply OF gas No other furnace would work with the
damper in the same position owing 10 tle dihetehte IN
the lze OF the hregrate and damper The returns OF
were manufactured per week OF 80 meats an lt G." OF
Tough small Goals per tun. MI IhOlnas MHilihI' i Il
Eon OF Engineers, claimed Tor these advantages; IL
would make more pudded bars out OF "a gwen uudINly
pf metal than any other furnace 2 ~ Wonlu MAKE a
better quality than other furnaces, as never burned c
Iron, and never worked rash" 3. 10 would. under
proper treatment, consume all ITS own smoke 4 That
world not use more fettlng than other furnaces the
mace less quantity Of fuel being burned there was less
cutting action on the brickwOrk