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Smith, G. / The laboratory; or, School of arts: containing a large collection of valuable secrets, experiments, and manual operations in arts and manufactures, highly useful to gilders, jewellers, enamellers, goldsmiths, dyers, cutlers, pewterers, joiners, japanners, book-binders, plasterers, artists, and to the workers in metals in general; and in plaster of paris, wood, ivory, bone, horn, and other materials
(1799)
Part IX. The art of distilling; as practised in Holland. Translated from the High Dutch, pp. 179-243
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PART IX.
4IRT OF DISTILLING;
AS PRACTISED IN HOLLAND.
TRANSLATED FROM THE HIGH DUTCI.
Of Distilling in General.
STILLING is an art by which the principles of a
JL ixt body, as the water, oil, spirit, &c. are drawn off
into proper vessels, by means of fire.
The ingredients subj ect to be distilled -are blossoms, fruit,
aromatic vegetables, spices and seeds.
The colour, flavour, and scent are drawn from blossoms;
as are simple waters and essences.
Out of fruit are awn the colour and taste.
From aromatic vegetables are extracted pure spirits, es-
sence, sweet-scentd liquors, and simple waters. They
are distilld in two ways, viz, with water, or with spirit.
Out of spices are drawn the essences, o oils, togethet
with their odour; and likewise spirits.
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