Table of Contents

1. Water - sewage - sewage effluents - river-water and sewage - sea-water and sewage - works effluents; 2. Milk - cream - dried milk - condensed milk; 3. Butter - margarine - lard, dripping, suet - cheese, cream cheese - edible oils; 4. Tea - coffee - chicory - cocoa; 5. Wheat flour, self-raising flour, baking powder - bread - rice - pearl barley - starches - infants' food; 6. Pepper, cayenne, mustard - nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger; 7. Cane sugar - golden syrup and treacle - honey - jam; 8. Alcoholic beverages - whiskey, rum, gin, brandy - beer - cider; 9. Vinegar - lime and lemon juice; 10. Meat and meat products; 11. Poisonous metals in foods; 12. Preservatives - disinfectants; 13. Air - coal gas - other gases; 14. Rag flock - urine; 15. Toxicology; Appendix; Bibliography; Addenda; Index.

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First published in 1922, this book examines the chemistry of water, sewage, food and other substances.