| Early English newspapers - 1818 - 724 pages
...are relatively more or less nutritious. But, as a general result, the learned reporters estimate that one pound of good bread is equal to two pounds and a half, or three pounds of potatoes ; that 15 pounds of bread and 30 of meat, may be substituted for three hundred pounds of potatoes.... | |
| 1822 - 606 pages
...acknowledged theory, one hundred pounds of potatoes only yield twenty-five pounds of substance, valuable as nutrition. One pound of good bread is equal to two...potatoes ; or to go more into detail, three quarters of я pound of bread and five onnces of meat are equal to three pounds of potatoes ; one pound of potatoes... | |
| Home economics - 1822 - 406 pages
...are relatively more or less nutritious. But as a general result, the learned reporters estimate that one pound of good bread is equal to two pounds and a half, or three pounds of potatoes ; that 75 pounds of bread and 30 of meat, may be substituted for 300 pounds of potatoes. The... | |
| 1822 - 440 pages
...Z5 pounds of substance valuable as nentrition. — One pound of good bread is equal to two pounds or two pounds and a half or three pounds of the best potatoes ; one pound of potatoes is equal to four pounds of cabbage and three of turnips ; but one pound of... | |
| Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...acknowledged theory, one hundred pounds of potatoes onty yield twenty-five pounds of substance, valuable as nutrition. One pound of good bread is equal to two...three quarters of a pound of bread and five ounces of tneat are equal to three pounds of potatoes ; one pound of potatoes is equal to four pounds of cabbage... | |
| Geology - 1827 - 442 pages
...acknowledged theory, one hundred pounds of potatoes only yield twenty. five pounds of substance, valuable as nutrition. One pound of good bread is equal to two...seventy-five pounds of bread, and thirty pounds of meat, arc equal to three hundred pounds of potatoes. Or, to go more into detail, three quarters of a pound... | |
| Science - 1827 - 448 pages
...acknowledged theory, one hundred pounds of potatoes only yield twenty. five pounds of substance, valuable as nutrition. One pound of good bread is equal to two pounds and a halt', or three pounds, of the best potatoes ; and seventy-five pounds of bread, and thirty pounds... | |
| 1829 - 762 pages
...the result of experiments by two French chemists, MM. Percy and Vauquelin, that one pound of ii'ii'd bread is equal to two pounds and a half or three pounds of potatoes ; and that seventy-five pounds of bread, and thirty of meat, are equal to three hundred pounds... | |
| 1833 - 444 pages
...substitute for bread in times of scarcity. — MM. Perry and Vauquelin estimate, from experiments, that one pound of good bread is equal to two pounds and a half or three pounds of potatoes ; and that seventy-five pounds of bread, and thirty of wheat, are equal to 300 hundred pounds... | |
| Christianity - 952 pages
...acknowledged theory, ou hundred pounds of potatoes only yield twenty-five pounds of substance valuable u nutrition. One pound of good bread is equal to two...a half, or three pounds of the best potatoes ; and sevenryITC pounds of bread, and thirty pounds of meat, are equal to three hundred pounds of potatoes... | |
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