PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Referendums In Australia, Temperance Movement, Organic Matter
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Middle ages- italy first distillation of alcohol (brandy) (at a medical school) Alcohol (fermented honey, mead) was first used as a preservative for e. The history of alcohol the last couple of centuries. By the mid 1800s, americans drank more alcohol than ay other beverage (including water) 1864: drunkin act- any county may forbid the sale of alcohol by majority vote. 18998: federal referendum- 51. 3% in favour of prohibition (note quebec: 18. 9% in favour); Prime minister wilfrid laurier does not introduce the referendum as a federal bill. Very small relationship between taxation and drinking rates. Make alcohol illegal = massive increase in organized crime. Fermentation: a biological process by which sugars such as glucose are converted by yeast to ethanol and carbon dioxide. Honey, grapes, berries, molasses, rye, apples, corn, sugar cane, rice, danelions, etc) Ethyl alocohol + carbon dioxide (max 12-14%) Pour a solution of alcohol and water on gunpowder. If solution <50% alcohol, gunpowder cannot be ignited.
