The author reports a continuing controversy over Derham. Historical conversion factors and alternative instrument claims are not current validation.
The discussion compares Sikes, Derham and Scarisbrick instruments and British, continental and American standards. Temperature and calibration affect reported strength and volume.
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Located evidence
The discussion compares Sikes, Derham and Scarisbrick instruments and British, continental and American standards. Temperature and calibration affect reported strength and volume.
Critical assessment
The author reports a continuing controversy over Derham. Historical conversion factors and alternative instrument claims are not current validation.
Locator and relationship
J. A. Nettleton, The Manufacture of Whisky and Plain Spirit (1913), physical PDF 447–473. This is a synthesis, not a quotation.
