Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 70, PT. 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...he really did not see how they could go on much longer without a very large extension of their premises, or possibly an entirely new building, either of which would involve very serious financial considerations. Correspondence. Messrs. Nagel Messrs. Nagkl and Kaemp observed, regarding the difference and Kaemp. between high grinding and low grinding, and also as to the respective merits of the two processes, that the most correct definition which, up to the present time, had been given, was undoubtedly that of Professor Kick: l "High grinding consists of that method of reduction by means of which the largest proportion of tho total flour producod is obtained from the purified middlings; low grinding, of that method by which the largest proportion of flour is obtained from the first reduction of the cleaned wheat." Both processes had for years been used, and tho choice between the two had been made in accordance with the particular demands 1 Die Mehl-fabrication, Leipzig, 1878, p. 87. of the various districts, and more especially with regard to the Messrs. Nagcl nature of the wheats most advantageously obtained. and Kacnili' The brilliant results arrived at by Hungarian millers, in respect both of quality and quantity of the flour produced, had attracted the attention of all millers for many years before the introduction of Wegmann's roller-mills, the date of which coincided with the advent of the subsequent almost total revolution in the art of milling; and long before the introduction of the modern rollermill the greatest efforts had been made, both in England as well as in nearly all countries where low-grinding had been carried on, by adopting the Hungarian method to produce results as favourable as those obtained in Hungary itself. And why...