(Liquor) "A Practical Chemist".  A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of... Salad Meyer was the longtime chef

Meyer was the longtime chef at the Union Club in New York

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name of an American soldier who purchased the book in France

(Liquor) "A Practical Chemist".  A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of... Salad Meyer was the longtime chefFull title: "A Practical Chemist". A Treatise on the Manufacture, Imitation, Adulteration, and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, Gins, Rums, etc. etc. Including "Old Rye" Whiskey, "Old Rye Monongahela," "Wheat," and "Bourbon" Whiskeys, Fancy Brandies, Cordials, and Domestic Liquors. 208 pp. Gilt lettered cloth. First Edition. Philadelphia: Published for the Author, 1860. Published during the Civil War, this was written to offset the poisonous