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The Technology of Bread-Making, Including the Chemistry and Analytical and Practical Testing of Wheat Flour, and Other Materials Employed in Bread-Making and Confectionery
by William Jago, William C. Jago
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- Hardcover
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Bakers' Helper Company, 1921 Bakers' Helper Company, Chicago, IL. 1921. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Retired college library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP, a library blind stamp on the title page; and scattered marginal notes. Book Condition: Good +; index label on the spine; shelfwear and fabric wear at head, tail, and tips; library bookplate on front pastedown; pocket on rear pastedown. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; embossed borders on boards. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 630 pp 8vo. This book was the textbook and the bible of its day in the bread-making world of the UK, the USA, and elsewhere. The object of the present work is to deal with those branches of knowledge which torether constitute the scientific foundations of bread-making as a science in itself. Paramount among these is Chemistry, which is closely associate with Heat and its properties, Fermentation and the Biology of Micro-organisms, Vegetative Physiology in its relation to the Wheat Plant, and Microscopy. Bread-making is viewed as Art or Industry and the design of bakeries and the adaptation of Machinery for various purposes is discussed. Following is a description of the various processes and operations in the Commercial Manufacture of Bread, together with an investigation of the many important practical problems connected therewith. The work concludes with a description of the chemistry of confectioners' raw materials. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014670
- Title
- The Technology of Bread-Making, Including the Chemistry and Analytical and Practical Testing of Wheat Flour, and Other Materials Employed in Bread-Making and Confectionery
- Author
- William Jago, William C. Jago
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Bakers' Helper Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- bread, bread making, the science of bread making, the chemistry of bread making, flour, wheat, wheat plant, fermentation, heat, baking, bakeries, confectioners, The Bakers' Helper Company, bakers, millers, milling trades, bakers trades, yeast, wheat t
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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