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Important considerations, upon the act of the thirty-first of George II. Relative to the assize of bread.
Date: M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]- Books
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Important considerations upon the act of the thirty-first of George II. relative to the assize of bread. Wherein are introduced, several experiments that have been made on the manufacturing of wheat into bread; with the exorbitant profits made by the cornsactor, mealman, miller, and baker; and the many abuses the public (and particularly the poor) have laboured under, since the passing of that act, and the repealing the assize table in the act of Queen Anne;-the reasons why it passed, and remedies pointed out; and which are humbly submitted to the consideration of the legislature.
Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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An essay on bread; Wherein the bakers and millers are vindicated from the aspersions contained in two pamphlets; one intitled Poison detected: and the other, The nature of bread honestly and dishonestly made. Proving the impossibility of mixing lime, chalk, whiting and burnt bones in bread, without immediate discovery. With plain and easy experiments to discover alum and other admixtures in bread, instantly. To which is added, an appendix; explaining the vile practices committed in adulterating wines, cider, porter, punch, vinegar, and pickles. With easy methods to detect such abuses. By H. Jackson, chemist.
Jackson, Humphrey, approximately 1717-1801.Date: 1758