STILL

an apparatus for distillation, Le for converting a liquid into vapour, anc then again condensing it. It consists of boiler, a neck, a condenser, and a receiver aod the size and material of these depend on the nature and Vente Oo the liquid t« be operated on. It may used to rate a liquid, ney, water, from ita nepeettion as we do in a chemical laboratory, or one liquid from another oy taking advantage of their differcnt boiling points, in « distillery, but in both cases the principle is the aame. [s. 289]