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Breweries and Maltings: Their Arrangement, Construction, and Machinery
By George Scammel

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Publisher: A. Fullerton & Co., London, 1871.
Hard Cover, 134 pages, 6.25 x 10.00.
Item #1398

Here is a great, first-edition (1871) book devoted to all aspects of brewery construction as it was practiced during the late 1800s. Chapters are arranged by major functions/departments of the typical brewery. Includes 20 plates showing plans and sections of various facets of breweries and malthouses (or, "maltings," as they were called in England). Contains a fantastic list of patents related to brewing from 1635 to 1870. Also contains tables of useful measurements for brewery materials, containers and machinery.

CHAPTER LIST:

  • Site—General Principle for Arrangement of Buildings
  • Wells and Water
  • Engines and Boilers
  • Machinery
  • Malt Jacobs and Screws
  • Mash Tuns and Machines
  • Pumps
  • Hoisting Machinery
  • Grist Cases and Hoppers
  • Boiling
  • Coolers
  • Refrigerators
  • Fermenting Tuns
  • Cleansing Vessels
  • Pipes
  • Cooperage and Maltings
  • Cost of Erecting
  • Description of Plates

CONDITION: Good. Fading of boards around edges. Hinges tender but holding strong. Early owner's name in ink on first blank page. Light foxing on a few pages.

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