Milk varies in viscosity -with composition and temperature and a new apparatus called the "lacto-viscometer” is recarded hv French psyicians as solving this problem of a simple test for milk. It consists of a tinned copper reservoir, mounted on a tripod, with a fine class tube as outlet. 'When the reservoir Is filled with a sample of the milk, the stopcock is opened and the time required for tho escape of.tho liquid is noted in seconds, with tho temperature, aud reference to a table shows tho exact character of the milk corresponding to these data.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5199, 13 February 1904, Page 9
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95Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5199, 13 February 1904, Page 9
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