The art of distillation, or a treatise of the choicest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation ... together with the description of ... furnaces and vessels also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments ... and of the anatomy of gold and silver / [John French].
- John French
- Date:
- 1653
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The art of distillation, or a treatise of the choicest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation ... together with the description of ... furnaces and vessels also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments ... and of the anatomy of gold and silver / [John French]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![each what fufficeth, all full ripe, and of equall weight, when they arethus prepared as followeth ; | Prepare the Quinces and Apricots, and take out the ftones and Kernels, and flice them very thin, ftone the Cherries and bruife them and the Currants; then Jay them isto a flat Bafon or Panthus: alaneof fruit ofa fingers thicknefle, and then a Jane of White powder Sugar of like thickneffe ; and fo pro- ceed in order lane upon lane till all be be laid into the Bafon : then poure on good Aqua vite gently, till all be covered there- with ; and fo lJetic fland 2 houres ; then bruife or poth them all together, and prefle out the juice as dry as poflibly you can through athick linnen bag: Then take the juice, and let it ftand till it be fetled clear,which juice by a gentle exhalation in ahot'bath , boyl up to at fyrup] hight according to Art, and keep itfor ufe. To every eight poundof the Spirit, put a poundof thisSyrup, and when itis clear draw it off for ufe. The Furnace ufed in the drawing of the preceding Spirits and waters. A, Sheweth the bote tome which ought to be of Copper. C, The bareell filled with cold water to refrigerate and cons denfate’ the water , aud oyle. that run ‘through it. D, A pipe of braffe or “pewter, or rather a worm ef Tin run- ning torough the barrell. « E, The Alembick fet » in: the furnace with the fire underit. Loh ye Mutts zeae](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30335255_0258.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
