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58
THE
CV)MPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
the
head,
become
condensed,
and
then
trickle
down
the
inside
of
the
vessel
and
descend
into
the
vat.
By
the
application
of
this
apparatus
a
certain
propor-
tion
of
the
alcohol,
which
has
been
hitherto
suffered
to
escape
with
the
non-condensable
gases
in
the
form
of
steam,
will
be
condensed
and
returned
into
the
liquor
while
the
non-condensable
parts
will
be
carried
off
through
a
pipe.
The
cut
(fig.
11)
represents
this
improved
apparatus,
the
vat
and
the
cold-water
reservoir
being
shown
in
section,
a
is
the vat
containing
the
fermenting
liquor,
in
the
top
of
which
is
an
aperture
communicating
with
the
interior
of
the
conical-formed
vessel
h
)
the
lower
part
of
this
vessel
is
made
cylindrical,
and
passes
through
a
circular
plate,
on
which
the
supporters
rest,
c
is
the
re-
servoir
of
cold
water surrounding
the
conical
vessel,
which
may
be
supplied
by
a
stream
of
running
water,
c^
is
a
worm
or
pipe
communicating
with
the
interior
of
the
ves-
sel
5,
and,
passing
off
through
the
side
of
the
reservoir,
descends
into
another
vessel
of
water,
e.
/
is
a
small pipe
which
proceeds
from
the
lower
part
of
the
vessel
5,
and
descends
through
the
fermenting
liquor
nearly
to
the
bot-
tom
of
the
vat.
The
gas
and
alcohol
rising
from
the
liquor
in
the vat
into
the
conical
head
5,
and
coming
in
contact
with
the
cold
sides
of
the
vessel,
produces
a
con-
densation
of
the
alcohol,
which
runs
down
the
side
of
the
cone
into
the
circular
channel
g
at
its
base,
from
whence
the
alcohol
passes
by
the
pipe
/
into
the
vat
below
;
while
the
non-condensable
gases
pass
out
through
the
worm-pipe
d,
and
finally
escape
by
bubbling
up
through
the
water
into
the
vessel
e.