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Scientific American, Vol. 34, No. 14 (April 1876) (1876)

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o determine the amount ofcream removed, a point which, as we have seen, the lactome-ter does not settle. Several other tests have been suggestedfor determining the relative value qf milk. Each of these isopen to one of two objections: they either require delicatebalances and skilled fingers, or… … in hundredths, although the graduation need extend but alittle way from the top down. The milk is poured in andallowed to stand and throw up its cream; the volume isthen read. Pure milk yields about 10 per cent of cream, butis subject to great variation, so that, while this instrumentdetermines the…

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