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IN the preface to this book, contributed by M. P. P. Dehérain, the immense importance of the vine culture to France is pointed out, the wine from the department of Hérault alone having in 1897 a value of 212,000,000 francs. The questions of suitability of soil, of manures, of the remedies against the many diseases of the vine, of fermentation, and preservation of wine all depend largely upon simple chemical and physical considerations; hence arises the necessity for such a work as the present, dealing with the physics and chemistry of vine culture and wine production. Of the eight chapters composing the book, the first two are preliminary, giving a very brief outline of the atomic theory and the measuring instruments used in the laboratory.
Physique et Chimie Viticoles.
By A. de Saporta. Pp. iv + 300. (Paris: G. Carré and C. Naud, 1899)
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Physique et Chimie Viticoles. Nature 60, 364 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060364a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/060364a0