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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 207-207
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
ISSN:0003-2654
DOI:10.1039/AN9356000207
出版商:RSC
年代:1935
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 208-208
L. R. Bishop,
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
ISSN:0003-2654
DOI:10.1039/AN9356000208
出版商:RSC
年代:1935
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Annual Report of Council.March, 1935 |
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 209-214
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr.E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper. Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness.He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper. Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
ISSN:0003-2654
DOI:10.1039/AN9356000209
出版商:RSC
年代:1935
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 214-215
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
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DOI:10.1039/AN9356000214
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年代:1935
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1935,
Page 215-219
J. H. Coste,
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr.E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper. Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
ISSN:0003-2654
DOI:10.1039/AN9356000215
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年代:1935
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Antimony compounds extracted from enamel-ware by citric acid solutions |
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Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 220-222
R. H. Burns,
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WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock. Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent. Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it.In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given.However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results. Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes.Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.WILLIMOTT AN INVESTIGATION OF SOLANINE POISONING 439 DISCUSSION The PRESIDENT remarked that it seemed somewhat strange that potatoes in certain states (old potatoes, green potatoes, etc.) were often described as highly toxic to stock.Many hundreds of tons had been used as stock feed, and he had never actually known of any stock poisoning. Of course, it could be argued that the potatoes used for feeding were often cooked, and much of the solanine dissolved out, but, on the other hand, a large number of these potatoes were used uncooked, and, therefore, stock did consume this vegetable with its full content of solanine, and, so far as he knew, without detriment. During the war a circular was issued, stating that potatoes were an injudicious feed for horses, and setting out the maximum amount that should be given. However, potatoes had been given to horses in limited quantities without bad results.Mr. C. E. SAGE said that cases of solanine poisoning were not infrequent, but he knew of no fatal one, caused by eating the bright red berries of Solanum dulcamara, which grew plentifully in this country. Solanum nzgrum, which had white flowers and black fruits, were sometimes eaten by country children, but he had never met with any casualties. Until recently the fruits of Solanum carolinense were used in America for the preparation of a tincture for medicinal use. I t grew plentifully as a weed in the Southern States, and the orange-coloured fruits were known as Sodom apples. The alkaloids, solanine and solanidine, existed in the fruits, and, as the negroes had used it for a long time as a remedy for falling sickness, the alkaloid could not be particularly toxic, although it was undoubtedly potent.Solanum chenopodium was a native of Queensland, and some thirty years ago he had isolated the alkaloid solanine from it. In Brazil, S. aculeatissimum was the plant yielding Sodom apples. It also contained solanine. With all these sources of solanine, and with potatoes and tomatoes containing it, there seemed to be no great danger from its toxicity. The leaves of S. nigrum were boiled and eaten in the Hawaii Islands, and the fruits known as “fox’s grapes’’ could be eaten in small quantities without any harmful effects. With sprouting potatoes it did not seem beyond the bounds of possibility that some product of decomposition might have caused the illness of people recorded in the paper.Mr. W. PARTRIDGE said that his only experience in the determination of solanine was in connection with a case in which it was alleged that potatoes had been tampered with and had caused illness. He had used the Meyer process, as outlined by Harris and Cockburn (ANALYST, 1918,43, 133) , but with the improve- ments (including the correction for solubility in ammonia wash-water) of Borner and Mattis (ANALYST, 1924, 49, 284). The potatoes in question, substantial areas of which were green, contained 19 mgrms. of solanine per 100 grms. Taking the attitude that normal potatoes contained about 2 mgrms., and never niore than 8 mgrms. per 100 grms., and that 25 mgrms. per 100 grms. were known to be dangerous, he had felt justified in associating the symptoms, minor though they were, with green potatoes. Mr. E. M. HAWXINS remarked that there seemed to be something in the wisdom of old-fashioned country folk. Thirty years ago when, fresh from the town, he went to live in a rural district, the old country folk instructed him that a potato which was allowed to get green through exposure above the earth was likely to be dangerous to human beings and to animals, and he, therefore, never used them. He thought it significant, in the Glasgow case, that more solanine was contained in potatoes which were green from exposure to sunlight than in the white tubers, and the paper certainly bore out this same contention.
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DOI:10.1039/AN9356000220
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年代:1935
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 223-237
J. R. Stubbs,
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STUBBS : THE HORTVET FREEZING-POINT PROCESS 223 The Hortvet Freezing-point Process for the Examination of Milk : Correction Factors and the Influence of Stirring : I1 & I11 BY J. R. STUBBS, MSc., F.I.C. (Continued from p . 154) PART I1 INVESTIGATION OF CORRECTION FACTORS CRITICISM has been levelled against the Hortvet method for the determination of freezing-points on the ground that it does not indicate “ true’’ freezing-points. This criticism is loosely expressed, and applies to every method of cryoscopy based on the principle adopted by Riidorff and developed by Raoult and others, vix. supercooling the liquid under examination, and then inducing cryst allisation by the addition of a small particle of the solid solvent. The “true” freezing-point of a solution, that is to say, the temperature at which that solution is in exact equilibrium with the solid solvent when the two are in contact with each other, so that the quantities of each remain constant in amount, is not directly indicated by any of the methods of the kind referred t o above; what is obtained is a figure from which, by the application of certain factors, the “true” freezing-point may be calculated.A more serious criticism is that passed by Monier-Williams8 to the effect that the design of the Hortvet apparatus does not permit, at least readily, of the determination of the correction factors which are necessary for arriving at “true” freezing-points. This statement, and closely related ones, made to me by several observers, are well summed up by Monier-Williams (Zoc. cit.) in the words, “ It is, in my experience, very difficult to get a satisfactory measurement of the super- cooling correction, K, in Hortvet’s apparatus.” Consequently, attention is directed in this part of the paper to the study of correction factors in connection with the use of the Hortvet apparatus and technique.When a dilute aqueous solution is cooled below its freezing-point and a particle of ice is introduced, freezing takes place, and the latent heat of formation of the ice warms up the solution to the observed freezing-point. The ice remains in the liquid and, therefore, if only pure ice separates, the original solution becomes concentrated to an extent which depends on the amount of ice formed. The observed freezing-point is, therefore, the freezing-point of a stronger solution than the one placed in the freezing-tube and, in consequence, the observed freezing- point is lower than the “true” freezing-point, that is, the freezing-point of the original solution.The supercooling correction, when applied to the observed freezing-point, corrects for the influence or “ error ” due to supercooling. In the standard cryoscope of Hortvet the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube contains methylated spirit which facilitates the abstraction of heat by the cooling- bath, and this alcohol remains in place throughout the experiment. The cooling-224 STUBBS : THE HORTVET FREEZING-POINT PROCESS FOR THE EXAMINATION bath is, therefore, removing heat from the freezing-tube and contents during the time that the temperature is rising after freezing commences, until the observed freezing-point is reached.The nett loss of heat thus caused has to be counter- balanced by the formation of more ice; the solution is, therefore, still further concentrated, and an additional correction, the “ heat-transference ” factor, must be determined before the “ true” freezing-point can be obtained from the observed freezing-point . In the Hortvet apparatus there is no means provided whereby these two effects, supercooling and heat-transference, can be separately studied. If the alcohol could be removed from the space surrounding the freezing-tube when it has served the purpose of accelerating the cooling of the liquid under examination, the abstraction of heat therefrom while the temperature is rising after freezing has commenced would be eliminated, assuming that the thermal insulation is perfect, enabling the effect of supercooling alone to be studied; and, by operating on the same liquid with and without alcohol in the jacket around the freezing-tube, the freezing-points obtained would provide data from which the heat-transference factor can be calculated; if the same amount of supercooling is used in each case the difference between the two freezing-points will be proportional to the heat- transference.Monier-Williams, in the apparatus recently devised by him (1933); has included such an arrangement; the inner tube of the cooling-bath is provided with a tube and tap by which the alcohol can be removed with a suction pump. I t is possible to modify the standard Hortvet apparatus in a similar way; a description and illus- tration of such an arrangement have been published.The object of the withdrawal of alcohol being to isolate the freezing liquid from the influence of the cooling-bath, the freezing-tube should be kept central in the slightly larger tube of the cooling-bath in which it is placed. This was achieved, in the following experiments, by passing a thin rubber band round the lower part of the freezing-tube. This simple device, though admittedly not as satisfactory or convenient as the steel springs used by Raoult for the same purpose, or as the brass points employed by Monier-Williams, was yet quite effective; this was proved by placing the freezing-tube with the band in position on a hard, flat surface, when, in spite of the exertion of considerable downward pressure on the tube, the rubber band prevented contact between the tube and the surface.(Elsdon and Stubb~.~) (1) The Supercooling Correction In order to ascertain the supercooling correction, separate portions of the same sample of milk were taken and supercooled to varying extents; the alcohol was then drawn off, the reading of the thermometer taken, and crystallisation induced, as usual, by introducing a particle of ice. The freezing-points correspond- ing to different amounts of supercooling were thus observed. From these data the ‘‘ true ” freezing-point, that is, the freezing-point for supercooling “nil” was ascertained in each case by means of a graph. The freezing-point depressions were plotted as ordinates and the corresponding degrees of supercooling as abscissae.The straight line passing through these points, produced, gives at the intersection with the axis of ordinates, the freezing-point for supercooling I‘ nil.”OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place.The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc.it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place.The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined.It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc.it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air.There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order.It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air.There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined.It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place.The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned.In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order.It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air.There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order.It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place.The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined.It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place.The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned.In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C.It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,
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DOI:10.1039/AN9356000223
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年代:1935
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A modification of Thorpe and Holmes's method for the determination of the total proportions of methyl, ethyl,iso-propyl and propyl alcohols |
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 237-240
S. S. Aiyar,
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OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc.it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned.In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order.It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air.There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined.It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,
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DOI:10.1039/AN935600237b
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年代:1935
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Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 240-242
M. N. Ghose,
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OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc.it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned.In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary.It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order.It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained.In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents. To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'.It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions. The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,
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DOI:10.1039/AN9356000240
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年代:1935
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Analyst,
Volume 60,
Issue 709,
1935,
Page 243-244
H. H. Bagnall,
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OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix. about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary. Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc.it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned.In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,OF MILK: CORRECTION FACTORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF STIRRING: I1 h I11 225 It was originally intended to employ four different amounts of supercooling for each sample of milk, vix.about 1.5, 1.0,0.8, and 0.5" C. It was found, however, that the differences in the readings of the thermometer corresponding to these different amounts of supercooling were in the neighbourhood of 0.002"-an amount so small that the unavoidable errors of observation might possibly approach the same order. It was, therefore, decided to employ only two different amounts of supercooling, as widely apart as practicable, say about 1.5" and 04", and to increase the number of samples examined. It was stated by Hortvet that, unless a much greater amount of supercooling than 0.5" is employed in the use of his cryoscope and technique, the rise of the mercury column is not sufficiently pronounced, and that there is more or less wavering, so that difficulty arises in deciding on the exact point at which the top of the column becomes stationary.Elsdon and Stubbs (Eoc. it.)^ found the same result when using a supercooling of less than about 0.8"; the mercury rose very slowly, and did not maintain a steady position for any appreciable time, and the proper freezing-point might not, under these circumstances, be attained. In the first experiments, made with the object of ascertaining the super- cooling correction, it was observed that where the amount of supercooling was small, that is, less than say 0-75", even in the absence of alcohol in the jacket surrounding the freezing-tube, the rise of temperature, when freezing occurred, was very slow-so slow, indeed, as to suggest doubts whether the thermometer would indicate the freezing-point of the milk, influenced only by supercooling, owing to the reading being affected by the length of time which elapses and the possibility of imperfect thermal insulation, causing a nett loss of heat from the freezing tube and contents.To give an instance; in an experiment when the supercooling was 0-71" the time required for the mercury column to rise until, on observation through the telescope with the aid of the horizontal cross-wire, the ascent became imperceptible, was 92 minutes, as compared with about 3& minutes when the same milk was super- cooled 1-49'. It will be seen later that, in the absence of alcohol in the space surrounding the freezing-tube, the heat insulation of the milk is not perfect; a nett loss of heat occurs, for it is possible t o carry through a freezing-point determination under such conditions.The difference between the two methods of working- with and without alcohol-results in a longer time being required for the cooling of the milk when the space around the freezing-tube is occupied by air. There were also the difficulties of judging when the rising column of mercury had reached the highest point, due to the very slow movement which occurred in that region, and of getting satisfactory readings, owing to the short time that elapsed before a fall took place. The idea of following strictly the Hortvet technique, as regards stirring, for these particular experiments was therefore abandoned. In the first series of experiments, the results of which are recorded in Table 111, four or five stirrings of three strokes each were employed, and in the second series the mechanical stirrer, working at the rate of 40 strokes per minute, was in operation all the time, the thermometer rising until tapping became necessary. It does not appear that these variations in stirring caused any significant differences in the results obtained, but the times of rising of the mercury, after two different extents, large and small,
ISSN:0003-2654
DOI:10.1039/AN9356000243
出版商:RSC
年代:1935
数据来源: RSC
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