A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 432
ixture of alcohol, water, anda small quantity of yeast, b,Fig. 306, toflow over wood shavings which havebeen steeped in vinegar, contained in abarrel, through which atmospheric airis allowed to circulate by the aperturesccc. The temperature rises and theacetification goes on with rapidity, the… … 420 ACETIC ACID. the spontaneous souring of wines or beer containingferment, and kept in a cask to which atmospheric airhas access. During the destructive distillation of drywood, acetic acid, hence called pyroligneous acid, in animpure state is found among the products. Anhydrous acetic acid is…
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