TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
Unusual spellings, variations in spellings, and variations in hyphenation have been left as in the original. Examples include:
inpregnating
transparant
coculus/cocculus
inconscious
orris/oris root
The following corrections have been made to the text:
page iii—comma added after "beer" in "beer, pepper, and other articles of diet"
page x—changed period to comma after "Ale" in "Method of ascertaining the Quantity of Spirit contained in Porter, Ale, &c."
page 61—changed "where" to "were" in "When men were unable to detect the poisonous matters"
page 62—corrected spelling of "snd" to "and" in "by Hyppocrates, Galen, and Vitruvius"
page 78—added "t" to "yeas" and added period at end of "before it is cold, add some yeast and ferment."
page 98—corrected spelling of "indipensable" to "indispensable" in "degree of whiteness rendered indispensable by the caprice of the consumers"
page 104—changed comma to period after "sufficient for a sack of flour"
page 113—changed comma to period after "made of these ingredients only, are entirely deceived"
page 120—corrected "Authur" to "Arthur" in "Arthur Waller" and corrected "Dun" to "Dunn" in "John Dunn"
page 126—added period after "Co" in "Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co"
page 129—added period after "l" in "strong beer, 20l"
page 130—added comma after "Harbur" in "John Harbur, for using salt of steel"
page 140—added ending quote mark after "of them from brewers' druggists, within these two years past."
page 149—changed comma to period after "resorted to only by fraudulent brewers"
page 152—changed semi-colon after "Stephens" in "Septimus Stephens, brewer"
page 154—corrected spelling of "apolexy" to "apoplexy" in "drinkers are very liable to apoplexy"
page 169—corrected spelling of "Malin's" to "Malins'" in "Malins' coffee-roasting premises"
page 185—corrected spelling of "find" to "fined" in "were fined 20l. each"
page 202—added the word "on" in "as stated on pages 70 and 86"
page 210—corrected spelling of "annotta" to "anotta" in "who adulterated the anotta"
page 223—added hyphen in "tea-spoonful" and corrected spelling of "jodine" to "iodine" in "few drops of a solution of iodine"
page 227—added "s" at end of "Mr. Lewi "
page 231—corrected spelling of "cookry" to "cookery" in "articles of cookery"
page 245—corrected spelling of "glanular" to "granular" in "insoluble precipitate in minute granular crystals"
Footnote 46—added period after "p" in "3d edit. p. 270"
Footnote 87—added missing end quote after "with copperas and sheep's dung." and removed extraneous period after "48" in "Plant, p. 48;"
Footnote 115—corrected spelling of "Qvæ" to "Quæ" in "Quæ voluptas tanta ancipitis cibi?"