1907 Douglas's Encyclopaedia

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

Second edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text and full-page figures and photographs. A book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendents, city and council or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision, and general food trades. Being a complete encyclopaedia on the various meat trades, covering all aspects of meat production – machinery and equipment, meat processing, the chemistry of the pig, butcher’s clothing, swine fever, ingredients and recipes for national and local meat products. With records from abattoirs or slaughter houses to Yorkshire Polony sausages and Yorkshire pigs. Produced by William Douglas and his sons, Tom, John and Loudon, Scottish businessmen who were important figures in the food and drinks industry as well as storage solutions.