This section is from the book "Beverages And Their Adulteration Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural, Artificial, Fermented, Distilled, Alkaloidal And Fruit Juices", by Harvey W. Wiley. Also available from Amazon: Beverages And Their Adulteration.
The basic material for artificial waters is pure distilled water. This term is not used in the absolute sense, because as has been already intimated the production of absolutely pure water is well-nigh impossible. The term is used in the ordinary sense of practically pure water, free from odor and from appreciable quantity of foreign substances.
 
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