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SPECIAL
DISTILLATIONS.
165
OBSERVATIONS
ON
DISTILLATIONS
OF
A
SPE-
CIAL
CHARACTER,
AND
ON
THE
SELECTION
OF
APPARATUS
MOST
USEFUL.
There
are
numerous
vegetables
capable
of
furnishing
elements
for
fermentation,
and
we
may
say
that
special
distillations
are
equally
as
numerous.
In
another
part
of
this
work
it
must
have
been
remarked
that
the
nature
of
the
wine
operated
upon,
and
the
taste
which
it
is
ne-
cessary
to
give
to
the
spirits,
may
command
some
par-
ticular
mode
of
working
to
be
followed,
according
as
the
tastes
and
flavours
are
to
be
removed
or
left
in
the
pro-
duce.
Still,
if
the
system
upon
which
the
means
of
correcting
or
preserving
are
founded
has
been
well con-
ceived,
it
must
infallibly
have
been
remarked
that
these
belong
to
the
process
of
rectification
;
that
is,
to
all
mechanical
operations
the
object
of
which
is
to
give
to
alcohol
a
greater
concentration.
It
is
evident
that
the
object
of
improved
apparatus
being
to
effect
the
rectification
of
spirits
with
greater
economy,
in
this
respect
the
choice
of
apparatus
is
not
attended with
difficulty,
and
that
such
as
present
the
most
economical
advantages
must
be
preferred.
In
fact,
if
the
object
of
those
improved
systems
is
to
produce
at
once
spirits
at
the
highest
strength
required,
they
are
equally
proper
for
the
preparation
of
spirits
at
a
lower
standard.
It
is
thus
that
an
improved
apparatus
may
be
used
for
the
purpose
of
preparing
three-six
and
proof
goods
with