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DISTILLATION.

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worm,

and

all

these

are

soldered

to

the

spherical

T,

in

which

the

vapours

from

each

egg

are

deposited,

to

be

conveyed

from

thence

into

the

worm

in

the

tub

u.

u

is

a

tub,

hermetically

closed,

which

contains

the

principal

worm

;

this

is

full

of

wine,

heated

by

the

passage

of

the

hot

vapours

from

the

last.

It

is

also

surmounted

with

the

dome

a,

from

which

proceeds

the

pipe

5,

that

serves

to

contain

the

alcoholic

vapours

that

escape

from

the

tube

last

mentioned,

from

the

vessel

t,

or

from

any

of

the

eggs

or

still,

to

convey

them

thence

into

the

worm,

j

is

a

large

tub

under

the

first,

and

which

encloses

the

second

worm,

but

is

much

longer

than

the

other.

It

is

full

of

water,

always

kept

cold

;

but

disgorges

itself

through

the

pipe

c

on

the

outside

of

the

vessel,

against

which

it

is

supported

by

the

three

iron

bars

d^

d,

d.

It

has

not

been

thought

necessary

to

represent

the

stone

cavity

used

as

a storehouse

for

the

wines

designed

for

dis-

tillation,

which

wines

may

be

raised

into

the

tub

u

by

means

of a

pump

managed

by

one

man

;

the

conducting

pipe

of

this,

marked

///,

discharges

itself

near

the

bot-

tom

of

the

tub

u.

g g

g

18

the

pipe

of

communication

belonging

to

the

still

and

the

eggs

;

A,

i,

k

are

cocks

to

establish

or

inter-

cept

the

communication

of

the

eggs

with

the

conducting

pipe

g;

Ij

Z,

m,"

n

are

cocks

for

continuing

or

interrupting

the

communication

between

each

egg

and

the

still,

to

dis-

charge

it,

or

with

the

condensing

vessel,

for

the

purpose

of

filling

it

;

o o

is

the

pipe

through

which

the

brandy

or

the

feints

are

conveyed

by

means

of

the

tun^,

when

they wish

to

charge

the

still

or

the

eggs.

It

is

soldered

to

the

pipe

^,

into

which

it

discharges

itself,

and

is

con*