Transcriber's Note
The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the formatting have been maintained. Obvious misprints were corrected and marked-up. The original text will be displayed as a mouse-over pop-up.
The following words have been variably hyphenated in the original: oxy(-)cumarin, tri(-)saccharides, sugar(-)like, mono(-)saccharides, sea(-)weeds, di(-)sodium, foam(-)like, di(-)basic, aldo(-)hexoses, chromo(-)proteins, galacto(-)octose, gluco(-)octose, keto(-)hexoses, ligno(-)celluloses, manno(-)octose, para(-)pectic, di(-)saccharides, poly(-)saccharides. The variable hyphenation has been retained in this version.
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