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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464408403321

Autore

Sumner James

Titolo

Brewing science, technology and print, 1700-1880 / / by James Sumner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8229-8166-1

1-315-65451-2

1-317-31930-3

1-78144-048-4

1-78144-368-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ; ; Number 19

Disciplina

663/.3

Soggetti

Brewing - History - 18th century

Brewing - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Principal Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- 1 The Curious Brewer -- 2 The Theorist and the Thermometer -- 3 Brewery Instructors in Public and Private -- 4 The Value of Beer -- 5 Chemists, Druggists and Beer Doctors -- 6 Professors in the Brewhouse -- 7 Treatises for the Trade -- 8 Analysis and Synthesis -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How did the brewing of beer become a scientific process? Sumner explores this question by charting the theory and practice of the trade in Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.