. A treatise on pharmacy .. . Rn*=ian or alcohol blast lamp aud st\-e. copper, is inserted; this is bent, as seen in the drawing, and graduallytapering down to a small diameter, enters the internal chamber betweenthe lower terminus of the cylinder and the bottom; it is now curvedupward, and terminates with a small orifice at c; a movable top, d, is 180 HEAT FOE PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES. fitted with a handle, and so constructed as to fit tightly over the opentop of the chamber. E represents a sheet iron stove or furnace inwhich the lamp may be placed when used, and which serves as a sup-port for
. A treatise on pharmacy .. . Rn*=ian or alcohol blast lamp aud st\-e. copper, is inserted; this is bent, as seen in the drawing, and graduallytapering down to a small diameter, enters the internal chamber betweenthe lower terminus of the cylinder and the bottom; it is now curvedupward, and terminates with a small orifice at c; a movable top, d, is 180 HEAT FOE PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES. fitted with a handle, and so constructed as to fit tightly over the opentop of the chamber. E represents a sheet iron stove or furnace inwhich the lamp may be placed when used, and which serves as a sup-port for crucibles, dishes, &c. The mode of using this lamp is to fillthe cylinder with alcohol by means of the tube a till it commences torun out of the jet c, then cork up the open end of the tube a, observ-ing not to secure the cork too tightly, for fear of explosions. Abouttwo fluidounces of alcohol are now poured into the central chamber,or sufficient to cover the bottom and rise to within an inch or two ofthe orifice at c.
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