[Manuscript notes on the adulteration of coffee.].
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Title
[Manuscript notes on the adulteration of coffee.].
Record type
Book
Shelf mark
BOTANICAL TRACTS 1: 5
Author or creator
Lindley, John (1799-1865).
Physical description
Lvs. [24] illus., some in col. 33.5 cm.
Is part of
Botanical Tracts 1
Description
24 leaves of manuscript notes, confined to rectos, with numerous sketches in ink and colour wash. On the 14th leaf a drawing on blue paper has been pasted on the leaf.
From 1851 to 1854, the medical journal The Lancet convened an Analytical Sanitary Commission to investigate the problem of adulteration of food. The adulteration of coffee by admixture of chicory was one of the issues addressed; Arthur Hill Hassall, with the assistance of Henry Letheby, conducted analyses of various commercial products, and the results were published in The Lancet. John Lindley, Sir William Jackson Hooker, William Benjamin Carpenter, and others were asked to carry out independent tests, and their reports are bound in this volume of the Botanical Tracts.
John Lindley's copy.
Copyright
Royal Horticultural Society
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
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Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)