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PACKING
VINEGAR
GENERATORS.
The
next
step
in
the
process
consists
in
acetifying
the
chips,
&c.
This
consists
in
passing
pure
vinegar
through
the
generator,
until
every
chip
and
shaving
is
perfectly
saturated
with
vinegar.
This
object
will
be
fully
obtained
by
pouring
and
repouring
the
vine*
gar
as
fast
as
it
runs
through,
some
eight
or
ten
times.
It
is
highly
essential
that
the
vinegar
used
in
ace-
tifying
the
chips,
should
be
pure,
or
free,
at
least,
from
the
mineral
acids.
The
most
common
adultera-
tion
of
sulphuric
acid
can
be
detected
by
saturating
strips
of
glazed
writing
paper
with
the
vinegar.
If
when
the
paper
becomes
dry
and
is
of
a
purplish
color,
it
will
denote
sulphuric
acid.
For
the
detec-
tion
of
the
usual
adulterations
of
vinegar,
look
under
the
proper
head.
The
last
step
in
the
process
consists
in
preparing
the
liquid
that
is
to
be
converted
into
vinegar.
To
forty
gallons
of
rain
water,
add
twelve
gallons
of
proof
whiskey,
and
one
and
a
half
pints
of
honey.
This
mixture
is
allowed
to
fall
from
a
cock
in
the
barrel
that
contains
it
on
to
the
head
of
the
generator,
and
by
the
aid
of
the
holes
in
the
head,
this
liquid
becomes
uniformly
divided
over
and
throughout
the
chips.
The
particles
of
fluid
becoming
so
minutely
divided,
is
the
cause
of
the
rapid
acetification.