Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . I. (Soemmering.—Vaenish-makebs al-cohol.) The bladder of an ox or cnlf,thoroughly cleansed from fat, and washed anddried, is nearly filled with rectified spirit, andthen securely fastened and suspended in anydry situation, at a tem| eratiire of about 122°Fahr.
Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . I. (Soemmering.—Vaenish-makebs al-cohol.) The bladder of an ox or cnlf,thoroughly cleansed from fat, and washed anddried, is nearly filled with rectified spirit, andthen securely fastened and suspended in anydry situation, at a tem| eratiire of about 122°Fahr. In from six to twelve hours, when theheat is properly maintained, the spirit isgenerally sufficiently concentrated, and in alittle time longer is rendered nearly free fromwater (anhydrous), or of the strength of 96to 98^.— Obs. The same bladder will serve formore than one hundred operations. If notkept very nearly full, a portion of the spritescapes through the empty part To preventthis accident, a bottle with a double neck, ofthe shape represented in the engr., may be A, A bottle witli two iieclts,the upper furuislied with agroumi-glass stopper. B, Loop of cord to hang theappaaiitus up by. C, Bladder, containing spirit,flihd by means of tlie bottle A. D, Neck of bladder accu-rately secured to the underneck of the bottle employed; by which means the bladder mayhe kept constantly full during the the first or second time of using, thebladder gives alcohol sufficiently pure for-allordinary purposes. Before hanging tlie appa-ratus up, it is better to enclose it in a coarsepotato-netting, to pievent any accident arisingfrom the strain on the neck of the recommends both the inside andoutside of the dry bladder to be smeared over ALCOHOL 69 2 or 3 times with a strong solution of isiuglass ;but this is not necessary to the success of theprocess. IV. Rectified Spirit. (B. P. 1867.) Spi-ritus Rectificatus. Alcohol with 16 per water; ohtai
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