Studies on Fermentation

Studies on Fermentation - The diseases of beer, their causes, and the means of preventing them

My first idea of placing before English brewers a translation of tudes sur la Bire was meagre in the extreme, compared with the final realization of it as it appears in the following pages. Seeing the vast importance of Pasteurs work from a practical point of view, after writing a review of it for the Brewers Journal, I determined to procure, at any rate for the use of my pupils, a literal translation, illustrated by photo-lithographic copies of the original plates, the thankless task of executing this preliminary translation for so limited a number of readers being most kindly and generously carried out for me by my friend Mr. Frank U. Waite, who, being engaged with me at the time in practical brewing operations, shared my views as to the value of the original work. It was on the completion of this translation that my views and desires expanded. The more I studied the work, the more I was convinced of its immense value to the brewer as affording him an intelligent knowledge of the processes and materials with which he deals, but over and above all this, it was impossible not to feel that the researches of such xa devoted and accomplished savant as Pasteur, possessed a scientific interest much wider than their mere relation to the art of brewing would imply. As the work of a skilful chemist and a laborious and accurate observer, such a protracted and careful study of the lowest and simplest forms of life, must necessarily be of first importance to the biologistto the beginner as an admirable introduction to the study of practical physiology in general, as well as to the more advanced student, from the suggestive light which it throws on the nature of analogous phenomena in more complex organisms. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 63355
Author: Pasteur, Louis
Release Date: Oct 1, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Faulkner, Frank, Robb, D. Constable (David Constable)