A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . than that. f The author is indebted to Thomsons Records of General Science for theforegoing description of this apparatus. 657 in the common distilleries, the whole of the process of brewing anddistilling in this very extensiv
A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . than that. f The author is indebted to Thomsons Records of General Science for theforegoing description of this apparatus. 657 in the common distilleries, the whole of the process of brewing anddistilling in this very extensive work is performed by the economicalfires of two steam-engine boilers. The still worked by Mr. Busby, in Dublin, is a beautiful specimenof this apparatus, and is giving great satisfaction by the productionof a very superior spirit. The Stills generally in use in Ireland, under the present law, areof the common kind, consisting of a very large dome-shaped copper,similar to the coppers used in breweries, with a worm and worm-tub of great magnitude. The Stills, however, are so familiar thata more minute description would be unnecessary. To enable the reader to form a correct idea of the figure of theStill formerly in use, a representation is subjoined, with a delineationof a person working the machinery, and another standing by the headto prevent its getting While xertions were making to lessen the labour and bringto perfection the process of distillation, plans were, at the sametime, devised to secure the revenue on the quantity of spiritsactually produced. One of the first attempts to effect this object,was made at Carrickfergus, in 1821, by Captain Thomas Pottinger,by means of machinery placed in enclosed vessels. The prin-ciples on which his experiments were conducted had a two-fold , to keep the produce out of the reach of the distiller duringthe process; and, at the same time, allow him to ascertain thestrength, heat, and colour of the spirits while runni
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