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Alembics

Scope note

Apparatus of glass or metal formerly used in distillation. They are in the shape of an inverted bowl with an internal gutter along the rim into which the condensed vapor descends and from which extends a long horizontally sloping tube to the receptacle for the distilled liquid. ILDCGL

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000197358

Broader Terms used

vessels

Equivalent Terms used

alembic

Created

13yrs ago

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