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100 lbs. of dry sweet Substance, or sugar 400 do. of water 10 do. of liquid ferment 510 pounds in the whole. 100lbs. of sugar is the quantity required to make 12-1/2 gallons of sirup, composed of 8lbs. of sugar and 8lbs. of water per gallon, 12-1/2 galls. 400lbs. of water, at 8lbs. per gall. make 50 " The produce will be 57lbs. of dry alcohol.
I will prove it by an example: 1 gallon of molasses yields only 1 gallon of rum, at 19°, to the rum distiller; still, molasses is a true sirup, composed of 8lbs. of sugar, or sweet matter, more fermentable than sugar. 12-1/2 gallons of molasses, representing 100lbs. of dry sweet matter yield consequently 12-1/2 galls. of rum, Holland proof, which is only half the produce obtained by Lavoisier; an immense difference capable of exciting the emulation of all distillers, as it proves the imperfection of the art.
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