 The term alembic or alambic, is compounded of the Arabic particle al (the), and the Greek word ambix, a kind of cup or cover of a pot ; it is now ufed to denote the whole of a certain diftilling apparatus ; it formerly denoted only one part of it, namely...  Chemical Essays - Page 65by Richard Watson - 1784Full view - About this book
 | Richard Watson - 1782 - 374 pages
...alambic, is compounded of (he Arabic particle al (the), and the Greek word amlix, a kind of cup, oif cover of a pot; it is now ufed to denote the whole...part in which the diftilled matter was collected. Diofcoridcs is thought, by Suidas, to have been phyfician to the celebrated Queen Cleo* Andcrfon on... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1787 - 384 pages
...probable that the art of fublimation was known before that of diftillation. The term alemJ>ic or alambic, is compounded of the Arabic particle al (the), and...word ambix, a kind of cup or cover of a pot ; it is no w ufed to denote the whole of a certain diftilling apparatus; it formerly denoted only •one part... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1789 - 376 pages
...probable that the art of fublimation was known before that of diftillation. The term alembic or alambic, is compounded of the Arabic particle al (the), and...Suidas, to have been phyfician to the celebrated Queen Cleopatra ; he certainly knew the manner of fubliming quickfilver from its ore. and he calls that part... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1851 - 640 pages
...clearly of Arabic origin: so, again, with the names of apparatus, such as the alembic, or alambic. This is compounded of the Arabic particle al, the, and...ambix, a kind of cup or cover of a pot. It is now used to denote the whole of an apparatus for distilling, as in Fig. 3 ; but it formerly denoted, according... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1861 - 140 pages
...clearly of Arabic origin ; so again, with the names of apparatus, such as the alembic or alambic. This is compounded of the Arabic particle al the, and the...ambix, a kind of cup or cover of a pot. It is now used to denote the whole of an apparatus for distilling, as in Fig, 3 ; but it formerly denoted, according... | |
 | Robert Evans Peterson - 1863 - 598 pages
...names of apparatus, such as the alembic, or alambic. This is compounded of the Arabic particle a/, the, and the Greek word ambix, a kind of cup or cover of a pot. It is now used to denote the whole of an apparatus for distilling, as in Fig. 3; but it formerly denoted, according... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1864 - 1044 pages
...the alembic or alambic. This is componnded of the Arabic particle al, the, and the Greek word fimblx, a kind of cup or cover of a pot. It is now used to denote the whole of an apparatus for distilling ; but it formerly denoted, according to Bishop... | |
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