Something About Sugar

About this eBook

Author

Rolph, George M. (George Morrison), 1873-1932

Title

Something about sugar : Its history, growth, manufacture and distribution

Original Publication

San Francisco: J. J. Newbegin, 1917.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Sugar

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73616

Release Date

May 13, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SOMETHING ABOUT SUGAR
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.Part I Growth, Manufacture and Distribution
6. 6.WHAT SUGAR IS
7. 7.THE GROWING OF SUGAR CANE — 1. SOIL ANALYSIS — 2. ENTOMOLOGY — 3. PATHOLOGY
8. 8.THE MANUFACTURE OF RAW SUGAR — EXTRACTION — PURIFICATION — EVAPORATION — CONCENTRATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION — PREPARATION OF CRYSTALS FOR THE MARKET
9. 9.TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY OF RAW SUGAR — POLARIZATION
10. 10.REFINING OF RAW SUGAR — WASHING — MELTING — DEFECATION — BONE-CHAR FILTRATION — CRYSTALLIZATION — PARTIAL DRYING — FINAL DRYING OF CRYSTALS — SCREENING — PACKING — CUBE SUGAR — POWDERED AND BAR SUGAR — YELLOW SUGARS — MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT — LABORATORY — COST OF REFINING
11. 11.SHIPPING DEPARTMENT
12. 12.MARKETING
13. 13.BEET SUGAR — SHORT REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF BEET SUGAR — THE SUGAR BEET — SELECTION OF THE SOIL — PLANTING — THINNING — CULTIVATION — HARVESTING AND TOPPING — MANUFACTURE OF BEET SUGAR — TRANSPORTATION AND CLEANING — EXTRACTION OF JUICE, SLICING AND DIFFUSION — PURIFICATION OF JUICE, CARBONATION AND FILTRATION — CONCENTRATION OF JUICE — SULFITATION — FORMATION OF GRAIN — STEFFEN PROCESS
14. 14.Part II History of the Industry
15. 15.EARLY HISTORY
16. 16.BEET SUGAR IN EUROPE
17. 17.BEET SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES
18. 18.TERRITORY OF HAWAII
19. 19.LOUISIANA
20. 20.PORTO RICO
21. 21.THE PHILIPPINES
22. 22.CUBA
23. 23.JAMAICA
24. 24.BARBADOS
25. 25.TRINIDAD
26. 26.SANTO DOMINGO
27. 27.GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE — GUADELOUPE — MARTINIQUE — GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE
28. 28.MEXICO
29. 29.PERU
30. 30.BRAZIL
31. 31.BRITISH GUIANA
32. 32.ARGENTINA
33. 33.FORMOSA
34. 34.JAVA
35. 35.AUSTRALIA
36. 36.MAURITIUS
37. 37.NATAL
38. 38.EGYPT
39. 39.SPAIN
40. 40.INDIA
41. 41.CONCLUSION
42. 42.FOOTNOTES

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