Steam Economy in the Sugar Factory (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Steam Economy in the Sugar FactoryIn preparing this book the translator has had in mind primarily the dissemination of information relative to the methods resorted to in the older sugar producing countries. His own needs, as well as those of his staff, concerning the proper distribution and management of steam in sugar factories, for the purpose of effecting economies in the same, have also been an incentive towards its publication.After devoting many years to the designing of cane sugar apparatus and factories, he engaged in the beet sugar industry, and, finding no books in the English language which would answer his purpose, he undertook the translation of Mr. Abraham's work, which, to his mind, is, up to the present, the best work on the subject.Since making the translation of this book several years ago, the writer has had the advantage of visiting typical beet sugar factories throughout Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Holland, France and Spain, giving special attention to those which elaborate white sugar, and has become more fully convinced of its value and of its profitable application to the methods resorted to in the United States.He hopes, therefore, that it will meet a real want in all sugar factories and perhaps also be of some little assistance to those technical schools which have a course in Sugar Engineering.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.