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Definition of Alembic
1. Noun. An obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube.
Definition of Alembic
1. n. An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
Definition of Alembic
1. Noun. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation ¹
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Definition of Alembic
1. an apparatus formerly used in distilling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alembic
Literary usage of Alembic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Painter and Varnisher's Guide: Or, A Treatise, Both in Theory and by Pierre François Tingry (1804)
"Description of an alembic proper for the preparation of varnish. The common form
of an alembic will not admit us to hope that the .solution of resins can be ..."
2. A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation by C[harles] Greville Williams (1857)
"The manner in which the alembic is surrounded prevents accession of currents of
cold air, ... The stoneware alembic alluded to is shown in section in fig. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The alembic is now scarcely used in the laboratory, being superseded by the ...
Nevertheless, the alembic has its advantages. In particular the residues of ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"It was an early and favorite idea that many and various streams had flowed into
the alembic, from which the heat of war ..."
5. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"I have added the translation given in tho " alembic Club" reprint. Ou p. 96 o{
Mayow s book we read : " Nempe imprimis pro concesso habeo, Aerem partículas ..."
6. Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1807)
"ARTICLE It. Distillation with the The alembic is a kind of metal retort, ...
Though the alembic is employed to extract the odorous principle of various ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"One friar holds the alembic, and bears in his other hand a smaller alembic. ...
Within the large alembic are the figures of the man and woman; though here, ..."
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