1868 The complete Practical Distiller

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CONTINUOUS DISTILLATION.

the largest establishment known. Another improvement, advantageous to the art of distillation, is an apparatus for preventing the loss of alcohol or spirit during the vinous fermentation. (See fig. 11.)

Fig. 11,

This apparatus consists of a vessel or head, constructed so as to be capable of attachment to and communication with the back or vat in which the process of fermentation is carrying on, in the production of wine, brandy, beer, &c. The back or vat is to be closed on all sides, air-tight, except an opening in the top, which communicates with the head above mentioned. This head is to be surrounded by a vessel of cold water, in order that the alcoholic va- pours evolved during the process may, on rising up into