The Art of Distillation - Morning Myst Botanics

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A. Shows the head of the alembic. B. The body thereof placed in a brass vessel made for that purpose. C. A brass vessel perforated in many places to receive the vapor of the water. This vessel shall contain the alembic compassed about with sawdust, not only that it may better and longer retain the heat of the vapor, but also lest it should be broken by the hard touch of the brass vessel. D. Shows the brass vessel containing the water as it is placed in the furnace. E. The furnace containing the vessel. F. A funnel by which you may now and then pour in water to replace what is vanished and dissipated by the heat of the fire. G. The receiver. The delineation of a Balneum Mariae may also serve to distill with ashes. 20
A. Shows the furnace with the hole to take forthe the ashes. B. Shows another furnace, as it were set in the other. Now it is of brass and runs through the middle of the kettle made also of brass, so that the contained water or ashes may be the more easily heated. C. The kettle wherein the water, ashes, or sand are contained. D. The alembic set in the water, ashes, or sand with the mouths of the receivers. E. The bottom of the second brass furnace, whose top is marked with "B", which contains the fire. A WATER OUT OF BERRIES IS MADE THUS Take of what berries you please, being full ripe. Put them into a gourd glass, strewing upon them a good quantity of powdered sugar. Cover them close and let them stand three weeks or a month. Then distill them in Balneum . After this manner strawberries, raspberries, elderberries, and black cherries may be distilled. But note that such as have stones must first be bruised together with their stones . A SWEATING WATER MADE OF ELDERBERRIES Take of elderberries as many as you please. Press out the juice thereof, and to every gallon put a pint of white wine vinegar, of the lees of white wine a pint. Let them stand in a wooden vessel which you must then set in some warm place near the fireside for the space of a week. Then distill them in a hot still or alembic. The furnace for a Balneum Mariae with the alembics and their receivers. 21
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the bottom. On this pour spirit of
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ashes until they be very dry. This
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THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WATER Wat
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off the remainder of the water unti
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aqua vitae than the sack. The phleg
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alneum. This being done, let the wa
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AN ARTIFICIAL MALMESEY Take two gal
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Take of the juice of raspberries an
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TO MAKE CHEESE TASTE STRONG OF ANY
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hermetically. Make a lamp fire unde
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Take of the best lead, melt it, and
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mass which is as hot on the tongue
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TO MAKE AN UNGUENT THAT A FEW GRAIN
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This must be performed by these fol
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D. The wool. This is of use for the
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time you put it in, you may have it
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hold close to the fire that it may
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AN ARTIFICIAL BATH MADE FROM THE SA
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is near unto condensation is acid,
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pissing of blood, the stopping of t
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If gold and silver together, a smar
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also salt, etc., everything by itse
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with cold. If at any time nature be
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and preparation thereof. The prepar
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singular for melting of metals that
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Anatomy of Gold) and by the heat of
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alcholizated spirit of wine so that
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will the electrum be converted into
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