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Definition of Alembics
1. alembic [n] - See also: alembic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alembics
Literary usage of Alembics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Chemical Manipulation by C[harles] Greville Williams (1857)
"Small alembics blown at the lamp are sometimes employed; they are made in ...
In alembics, the chief condensation is in the head, its globular shape well ..."
2. Chemical Handicraft: A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of Chemical by John Joseph Griffin (1877)
"... alembics. 1867. ALEMBIC, hard German glass, Fig. ... alembics, with separate
heads, ground to fit, hard white Bohemian glass, No. 2, Fig. 1869. ..."
3. The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation by James Smith (1815)
"alembics. The alembic is used for distillation, when the products are of too
volatile a nature for the use of the retort. It is nothing more 'than a matrass ..."
4. The Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures ...: Embracing in All by James Smith (1859)
"alembics. The alembic is used for distillation, when the products are of too
volatile a nature for the use of the retort. It is nothing more than a matrass ..."
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