1928 Giggle Water by Charles S Warnock

138 GIGGLE WATER the middle of the inside of the cask, bend the end up to form a hook, place the sulphur tape on the hook, ignite it, and insert it in the cask, bunging loosely. In about an hour the cask will be impregnated with sulphurous acid; then withdraw the match, and fill up with wine, and bung up tight. This will stop further fermentation. This is a good plan for white wines, but not for red wines, as sulphur injures their color. Sulphite (not sulphate) of lime is also sometimes employed to arrest fermentation. 283. HAHNEMANN'S TEST FOR LEAD IN WINE Take i ounce quicklime, 1)^2 ounces flowers of sul phur ; heat in a covered crucible for 5 or 6 minutes; take 2 drachms of this compound (which is sulphuret of lime), 2 drachms of tartaric acid; powder, mix, and shake in a stoppered bottle with a pint of water; let it-settle, pour off the clear liquid, and add ounces tartaric acid. The above test will throw down the least quantity of lead from, wines, as a very sensible black precipitate.

284. PARIS TEST FOR LEAD IN WINE Expose equal parts of sulphur and powdered oyster shells to a white heat for 15 minutes, and, when cold, add an equal quantity of cream of tartar; these are to be put into a strong bottle, with common water, to boil for an hour, and the solution is afterwards to be decanted into