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<p> Two or three young men who might become <sic>usefull</sic> on such an expedition,<lb/> <del> I could</del> if you happen to meet with such <add> who </add> <del>and</del> w3ere disposed to seek their fortune<lb/> in this country I could get <del>them</del> made Officers in my <sic>Batallion</sic>.</p> <p> I believe I have before told you that in the making of malt spirits<lb/> <del><gap/></del> <add> here</add> by far the greatest quantity of farinaceous matter is unmalted<lb/> common rye <sic>flower</sic>. They mix at once for fermentation 80 pounds of <lb/> Rye <sic>flower</sic> <del>and</del> with 14 pounds of Rye Malt, and they pretend that more<lb/> spirit is produced from this mixture than if a greater proportion of malt<lb/> is used. I have not as yet had time to ascertain this by experiment: but <lb/> cannot help <del> <gap/> </del> <add> being persuaded</add> that if the fermentation was carefully carried on Malt<lb/> without any <sic>flower</sic> should produce the greatest quantity of Spirit.</p> <p> This distilling of Malt spirits on this estate produces to the prince with <sic>tollerable</sic> <lb/> management a profit of 24,000 <sic>Rubles</sic> a year. From this you will <lb/> judge of the importance as well as probability of improvement. As to the <lb/> encouragement which would be given to any one who should be able at once to <lb/> direct a better process; I think <del>pe</del> it would be just he should have from 1/3 to 1/2 <lb/> the quantity of Spirit made over and above the quantity at present made from <lb/> the same quantity of Rye. If such a man were here at present I wuld make<lb/> such an agreement on the part of the Prince with him. <!-- the remainder of the paragraph has been overwritten in thicker ink. The original text underneath is not legible --> <gap/> <gap/> experiment<lb/> <gap/> <gap/> for a keeper of <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> before<lb/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> if <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <lb/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/><lb/> <gap/> account of a General <gap/> <gap/> commanding officer<lb/> <gap/> </p> <p> Jan<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> 15.<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> Since I wrote the above I have found that I can have <sic>skrews</sic> <lb/> cut tolerably well by hand such as I can make shift with. If therefore it <lb/> should so happen that Notman has not left England do not detain him for this commission<lb/> only when you have an opportunity let me know by what sort of a machine these <sic>skrews</sic></p> | |||
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Two or three young men who might become usefull on such an expedition,
I could if you happen to meet with such who and w3ere disposed to seek their fortune
in this country I could get them made Officers in my Batallion.
I believe I have before told you that in the making of malt spirits
here by far the greatest quantity of farinaceous matter is unmalted
common rye flower. They mix at once for fermentation 80 pounds of
Rye flower and with 14 pounds of Rye Malt, and they pretend that more
spirit is produced from this mixture than if a greater proportion of malt
is used. I have not as yet had time to ascertain this by experiment: but
cannot help being persuaded that if the fermentation was carefully carried on Malt
without any flower should produce the greatest quantity of Spirit.
This distilling of Malt spirits on this estate produces to the prince with tollerable
management a profit of 24,000 Rubles a year. From this you will
judge of the importance as well as probability of improvement. As to the
encouragement which would be given to any one who should be able at once to
direct a better process; I think pe it would be just he should have from 1/3 to 1/2
the quantity of Spirit made over and above the quantity at present made from
the same quantity of Rye. If such a man were here at present I wuld make
such an agreement on the part of the Prince with him. experiment
for a keeper of before
if
account of a General commanding officer
Jany 15.th Since I wrote the above I have found that I can have skrews
cut tolerably well by hand such as I can make shift with. If therefore it
should so happen that Notman has not left England do not detain him for this commission
only when you have an opportunity let me know by what sort of a machine these skrews
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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