26 / 230
26
THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
lowest
place,
and
expels
the
warm
liquor
which
server
to
charge
the
still
or
the
egg.
This
construction
has
another
advantage,
as
the
alcoholic
vapours
that
escape
the
tun
can
find
no
other
issue
but
through
the
tube,
which
carries
them
into
the
egg.
The
whole
knowledge
of
distilling
apparatus
consists
in
the
perfect
understanding
of
the
application
of
heat,
of
vaporization,
and
of
condensation.
For
the
purpose
of
acquainting
the
distiller
more
perfectly
with
his
calling,
all
the various
apparatuses
and
improved
processes
will
be
given,
as
far
as
thought
strictly
practical
and
useful.
It
now
remains
to
give
a
description
of
the
different
systems
on
which
the
most
remarkable
apparatuses
of
dis-
tillation
have
been
constructed.
These
systems
may
be
reduced
to
four
principal
and
distinctive
:
—
1.
Distillation
by
the
simple
apparatus.
2.
Distillation
by
the
wine-
warming
condensing
apparatus.
3.
Distillation
by
steam
and
by
rectifiers.
4.
Continuous
distillation.
The
three
first
will
be
described
elsewhere
in
this
work
;
the
fourth
will
now
be
considered^
constituting
what
is
ternied
CONTINUOUS
DISTILLATION.
The
continuous
apparatus,
which
is
here
to
be
de-
scribed,
fig.
2,
has
undergone
many
improvements,
and
is
now
presented
in
its
most
perfect
state.
This
apparatus
is
composed
1st.
Of
one
still,
and
sometimes
of
two.
2d.
Of
a
distilling
column.
8d.
Of
a
rectifier.
4th.
Of
a
wine-warming
condenser.