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To Make Spirit Finings

Pul-over proof and pound Jamaica rum essence). ¿verize 1 pound ordinary crystals of alum, Next add 21 pounds tartaric acid dissolved in of alum, Next add 24 pounds tartaric acid dissolved in divide into 12 equal portions, and put up in 21 gallons water, and 18 gallons syrup made put up in 24 gallons water, and 18 gallons syrup made blue papers marked No 1. Next take 6 ounces of 108 pounds white sugar. Color with caratake 6 ounces of 108 pounds white sugar. Color with caracarbonate (the ordinary sesquicarbonate) of mel. (See No. 694.) soda, divide it into 12 parts and put them up

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