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80^

THE

COMPLETE

PRACTICAL

DISTILLER.

themselves.

This

advantage

should

be

well

observed,

for

it

belongs

entirely

to

the

system

of

continuous

distil-

lation.

The

glass

tube

e/,

the

same

as

c

d^

serves

to

indicate

the

movement

of

the

liquid

in

the

column.

IV.

The

Wine-warming

Condenser.

This

apparatus,

shown

in

Q

i,

like

the

preceding,

has

two

distinctions

:

First,

to

condense

the

vapours

with

which

it

is

supplied,

for

the

purpose

of

transmitting

them

either

to

the

receiver

or

to

the

worm.

Secondly,

to

appropriate

to

the

wine

in-

tended

for

distillation

the

heat

which

the

vapours

lose

by

being

condensed.

It

is

evident

that

these

functions

are

closely

connected.

This

condenser

is

a

copper

cylinder,

into

which

the

wine

arrives

gradually

through

k

l,

to

leave

it

through

D

E.

It

contains

a

vertical

worm,

the

pipes

of

which

all

communicate,

by

their

inferior

parts,

with

the

pipes

hj

and

g

j\

through

the

tubes

1,

2, 3, 4,

5,

6,

7,

8,

9,

10,

11,

12, 13,

14

;

and

the

vapours

arrive

in

this

worm

through

H,

on

leaving

the

rectifier

G

c,

which

they

leave

entirely

condensed,

through

the

fourteen

tubes,

or

through

I

m;

hence

they

proceed

either

to

the

rectifier

or

to

the

cooler.

In

the

execution

of

this

wine-

warming

condenser

conditions

are

to

be

fulfilled

which

are

not

easily

sur-

mounted

;

but

by

proper

care

and

attention

no

fear

need

be

apprehended

to

such

a

state

of

perfection

has

the

apparatus

been

brought.

The

following

are

the

difficulties

which

present

them-

Belves

:

On

one

side

it

is

necessary,

in

this

system

of

distilla-

tion,

that

the

common

temperature

of

the

condense!

should

not

exceed

that

of

ebullition,

because,

if

this

were

the

case,

the

wine,

which

is

much

poorer

in

alcohol

than