RETORT

A chemical ve el employed in a variety of distillations. It is ge2 ^— -^ nerally made of gla or -g^^ \ earthenware, and some^^ J times is provided with a v_^ stopper so placed above the bulb as to enable subJUL stances to be introduced 5? 2 /^ \ into it without soiling the /'^ TT E^ J neck; in this case it is [ ] v,^ / called a tubulated retort. \ / A receiver is usually annexed to it for the purpose of collecting the products of distillation. Fig. 1. represents a plain retort and receiver; in fig. 2. both are tubulated. [s. 1062]