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THE
COMrLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
look
upon
them
as
useless
when
they
only
wish
to
obtain
three-six.
However^
they
have
all
the
rest
of
the
appa-
ratus
complete
;
and
as
these
eggs
communicate
one
with
another,
and
each
separately
with
the
first
worm,
they
may
be used
as
condensers
at
pleasure
;
it
is
only
neces-
sary
to
turn
or
stop
one
of
the
cocks.
At
the
extremities
of
these
eggs
a
large
tub
is
placed,
the
interior
of
which
contains
a
large
worm
constructed
of
tin,
which
plunges
into
the
wine
instead
of
water,
and
is
hermetically
sealed.
This
first
worm
communicates
with
a
second
longer
than
itself,
and
enters
a
large
tub
placed
under
the
first,
which
is
entirely
full
of
water.
On
one
side,
and
under
this
lower
tub,
a
large
space
is
dug
in
the
earth
and
built
round
with
stone,
which
the
French
distillers
call
a
tampot
;
this
serves
as
a
magazine
for
their
wine
previous
to
distillation,
which
may
be
pumped
into
the
upper
tub.
All
the
eggs,
as
well
as
the
still,
communicate
with
the
upper
tub
through
tubes
placed
between
the
lower
part
of
the
eggs
and
the
still
there
are,
besides,
lateral
tubes
which
run
from
the
upper
part
of the
eggs
to
the
orifice
of
the
worm
in
the
uppei
tub.
There
are
other
tubes
proceeding
from
the
uppei
part
of
each
of
the
vessels,
even
from
the
still,
which
en-
ter
a
small
worm
immersed
in
a
little
tub
upon
the
fur-
nace,
by
the
side
of
the
still.
The
mechanism
of
the
distillation
is
no
less
curious
than
the
apparatus.
Explanation
of
the
Egg-
Plate.
—
A
is
the
furnace
on
which
the
still
b
is
built
;
of
this
the
dome
or
head
only
is
to
be
seen
;
the
punctuated
lines
indicate
the
form
masked
by
the
building,
c
is
the
tube,
furnished
with
a
cock
on
the
outside
of
the
furnace,
communicating
with