On the excellent qualities of coffee, and the art of making it in the highest perfection / [Benjamin Rumford].

  • Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814
Date:
1812]
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Credit: On the excellent qualities of coffee, and the art of making it in the highest perfection / [Benjamin Rumford]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ 1 « ESSAY XVIII. _/vja ' ’ ' • - -• * • ' * • * • • * .xj • - ii J * » . t, • ^HE ufe of fcience is to explain the operations which take place in the pra&ice of the arts, and to difcover the means of improving them; and there is no procefs, however fimple it may appear to be, that does not afford an ample field for curious and interefting inveftigation. As thofe domeftic arts, and elegant refinements, which the progrefs of induflry, and the increafe of wealth and knowledge introduce in fociety, contribute to the comfort and happinefs of great numbers of refpedable individuals; their improve¬ ment mufl be interefting to all thofe who take pleafure in contemplating the profperity of mankind, and in contributing to their innocent enjoyments. Among the numerous luxuries of the table, un¬ known to our forefathers, which have been imported into Europe in modern times, Coffee may be confi- dered as one of the moft valuable. Its N 2