Kilning stage in the malting process
Date
17 July 1679
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p6
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 251mm
width (page): 193mm
width (page): 193mm
Subject
Description
A figure illustrating the kilning process from John Flamsteed's paper on the malting process at Derby, which was originally given to his patron, Sir Jonas Moore. Moore mentioned the paper in a meeting of the Royal Society on 17 July 1679.
Another version of these figures can be found at MS/92/304/e-f.
Another version of these figures can be found at MS/92/304/e-f.
Transcription
Our Kills beinge all of them 4 square we begin at any side and with the broad shovell cast up all the green Malt of it into 3 heaps in the opposite corners, the dryest next the hair cloth into the middle space betwixt them; as if we began at ye side e in the upper figure we throw all the green Malt into 2 heaps in the opposite corners a and b; but the little drye next the hair cloth, betwixt them to e; then haveing shaked up the haircloth to that no loose cornes may stick to it, and gaine layd it down very straight, we remove the green heaps to the opposite corners d, c, in the under figure, but the little Middle heap with the dry under the other two ones, the shakings of the cloth after they are removed, to the space betwixt the e then againe composeinge the hair=cloth, we first cast downe the 2 green heaps all over it of an even thickness, and then the drye heap all over them: Thus the greenest is turned to the bottom, and the drye lyes on the top Afterwards, the Maltster rakes it all over with a wooden rake to leave it every where of as even a thickness as possibly he can.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 July 1679, ‘Sir Jonas Moore related, that Mr. Flamstead had formerly given him a description of the way and process of making Derby malt, and promised to look it out, and bring it to the Society. He also added, that the people of that town had a way of cooling their ale very quickly, so as it blinketh it so, as they called it, that it grows clear and fit to drink presently’ (Birch 3:496).
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