Distillation - Early works to 1800
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The art of distillation, or A treatise of the choisest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation : being partly taken out of the most select chymicall authors of severall languages, and partly out of the authors manuall experience; together with the description of the chiefest furnaces and vessels used by ancient, and moderne chymists: also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments and curiosities, and of the anatomy of gold and silver with the chiefest preparations, and curiosities thereof, and vertues of them all. / All which are contained in six books, composed by John French, Dr. of Physick.
John FrenchDate: 1651- E-books
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The Practical distiller Or, A brief treatise of practical distillation. In which the doctrine of fermentation is methodically explain'd in a new method. With the description of a new engine-still, engraved on a copper-plate; which, for its dispatch of business, is preferable to any other. To which is added, by way of appendix, a treatise of making artificial wines from several fruits of the British production, interspers'd with many useful reflections and observations.
Date: 1718- E-books
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The distilleries considered , in their connection with the agriculture, commerce, and revenue of Britain; also in their effects upon the health, tranquillity, and morals of the people.
Date: 1797- E-books
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Supplementary report on the best method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors. By Charles Blagden, ... Read before The Royal Society, June 28, 1792
Blagden, Charles Sir, 1748-1820.Date: 1792- Books
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To the honourable House of Commons, reasons humbly offered by the farmers and malsters of the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Suffolk and Norffolk, against the bill for prohibiting the distilling of spirits and low wines from corn.
Date: [1702?]