(Liquor) "A Practical Chemist".  A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of... Salad Cambridge: University Press

Cambridge: University Press

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name of an American soldier who purchased the book in France

Meyer was the longtime chef at the Union Club in New York

(Liquor) "A Practical Chemist".  A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of... Salad Cambridge: University PressFull title: "A Practical Chemist". A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, Gins, Rums, etc. etc. Including "Old Rye" Whiskey, "Old Rye Monongahela," "Wheat," and "Bourbon" Whiskeys, Fancy Brandies, Cordials, and Domestic Liquors. 208 pp. Gilt lettered cloth. First Edition. Philadelphia: Published for the Author, 1860. Published during the Civil War, this was written to offset the poisonous