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THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
of
the
growth
of
these
articles,
and
their
products
duly
estimated.
Besides,
as
physicians
often
recommend
distilled
waters,
sometimes
not
to
be
had,
some
ounces
were
now
obtained
in
an
hour.
Further,
in
any
course of
chemistry
this
little
alembic
could
be
mounted
upon
a
table
in
an
in-
stant,
around
which
the
professors
might
be
sitting,
and
easily
afford
its
products
in
the
course of
a
lecture,
besides
serving
as
a
kind
of
demonstrator
with
the
greatest
de-
spatch.
This
apparatus
in
miniature,
being
constructed
of
the
best
tin,
is
of
an
agreeable
form,
and
unites
in
itself
all
the
facilities
for
the
operation
for
which
it
is
intended.
It
requires
no wrapping
in
paper,
no
luting,
&c.
;
all
the
joints,
though,
are
very
exactly
closed,
and
few
in-
struments
are
better
adapted.
Young
persons
who
may
have
very
little
instruction
may
now
indulge
the
wish
to
study
the
arts
of
distillation,
perfuming,
or
the
making
of
sweet
waters,
and
of
chemistry
in
general.
Nearly
the
whole
of the
parts
may
be
enveloped
in
linen
cloth,
in
which
they
may
be
rolled
up
in
a
minute
with
as
much
ease
as
safety
in
securing
them
from
coming
in
contact
with
each
other.
They
are
frequently
enclosed
in
an oblong
sack,
which
in
its
turn
is
put
into
a
cylindrical
tin
box,
sixteen
inches
long
and
about
three
and
a
half
in
diameter.
Even
the
cover
of
this
box
is
an
essential
part
of
the
whole
apparatus.
The
weight
of
the
apparatus
is
not
more
than
six
pounds
and
a
half,
including
a
tin
vessel
full
of
alcohol.