1868 The complete Practical Distiller

SULPHURIC ETHER.

Id.

PEOCESS FOR MAKING LIME WATER.

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This is conducted after the following plan :

put it into a pail or tub, and

pounds of unslaked lime ;

pour on it 3 quarts of water to dissolve it : in about an hour after add 3 gallons more of water, and let it stand for twenty-four hours. Then pour the fine off into a cask, and put a cock in it, and it is always ready for use. It is the impression of some persons that lime water is not healthy, but it is now pretty generally admitted that it is very good for many things in a medicinal point of view.

PROCESS OF MAKING SULPHURIC ETHER.

This very useful medicinal preparation, which is ex- tensively used at the present day, is made as follows : Take of oil of vitriol and rectified spirits of wine, each 32 ounces. Pour the spirit into a glass retort that will bear the sudden heat, and pour the acid at once upon it; mix them gradually and cautiously together by gently shaking the retort, and immediately distil by a sand heat prepared beforehand for that purpose, the recipient being placed in a vessel of snow or water. The fire should be so regulated that the liquor may