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Universal International Exhibition, Paris, 1878. Report on the Exhibits Connected With Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Chemical Industry, Etc., by
Universal International Exhibition Paris 1878 Report on the Exhibits Connected With Materia Medica Pharmacy Chemical Industry Etc by Author:Benjamin Horatio Paul Title: Universal International Exhibition, Paris, 1878. Report on the Exhibits Connected With Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Chemical Industry, Etc., by B.h. Pauel, E.m. Holmes, and F. Passmore General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations ... more »and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Phosphorus does not lend itself readily to the condition of exhibition, but specimens of white and amorphous phosphorus have been shown in the French court in the cases devoted to the products from bones. Specimens illustrating the different stages in the manufacture of phosphorus, from the crude -to the purified product, together with the retorts used, were exhibited in the earlier period of the exhibition by Mr. Readman, of Glasgow, but it is understood that the phosphorus had afterwards to be removed. Alimentary Materials And Preparations. Starch, Gluten, Glucose, Etc. The length to which this Report has already extended will prohibit more than a very brief reference to the articles coming under this and the following sections ; they will therefore be dealt with rather as the exhibits of different countries than of individuals. In France the manufacture of starch, -- applying this word to the amylaceous constituent of cereals as distinguished from that of potatoes, which in France is commonly termed fZcule, -- is not carried on to the snme extent af, formerly. For a long time the industry was confined principally to Paris and Nancy, the starch being prepared from wheat exclusively. During the last ten years. however, wheat starch has been almost displaced by maize starch and rice starch, and as these materials have not been yet adopted in France to any great extent, the production is there at present not equa...« less