Browsing by Subject "Sugar beet"

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    • On the prospects of the beet sugar manufacture in Ireland 

      Hancock, W. Neilson (Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)
      It was the great importance attached to the beet-sugar manufacture by some advocates of its introduction, which led me to direct my attention to the economic conditions necessary to its success. It is necessary to obtain ...

    • On the prospects of the manufacture of sugar from beet-root in Ireland 

      Hancock, W. Neilson (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1878)
      Between 1869 and 1876 an experiment was tried in Ireland of the manufacture of sugar from beet-root, which turned out unprofitable as a pecuniary speculation. When the failure occurred, it was suggested by a gentleman of ...