Definition of Brix scale

1. Noun. A system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions.

Generic synonyms: Metric, System Of Measurement

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Literary usage of Brix scale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"A table of temperature corrections for degrees of the Brix scale is given in Table 4 of the Appendix; these corrections are to be added to readings made ..."

2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"A table of temperature corrections for degrees of the Brix scale is given in Table 4 of the Appendix; these corrections are to be added to readings made ..."

3. A Handbook for Cane-sugar Manufacturers and Their Chemists by Guilford Lawson Spencer (1917)
"The Baume scale was at one time used almost exclusively in the sugar industry, but at present chemists usually prefer the Brix scale. ..."

4. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"Sets of tables also allow of the conversion of the Brix scale into direct specific gravity figures. (See Appendix, p. 570.) With the aid of the specific ..."

5. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"... of the sirup which may be calculated from the polarization and the specific gravity on the Brix scale. a. To Find the Specific Gravity in Brix Degrees. ..."

6. Food inspection and analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1907)
"... 247 adulteration of, 248 alum in, 248 baking of, 245 fat in, 248 Breakfast cereals, 267, 268 Brewing beer, 575 Brie cheese, 158 Brix scale compared with ..."

7. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the by Harvey Washington Wiley (1897)
"The brix scale can, therefore, be regarded as giving only approximately the percentage of solid matter in sugar solutions and, while useful in technical ..."

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