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The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.

Chemistry: multiple vessels for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.

Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.

A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.

Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.

Three distillers with streams running from their noses and mouths into a tub of "double rectified spirits". Coloured etching, 1811, after T. Rowlandson.

Chemistry: an industrial distillery, in Scotland (?). Engraving, early 19th century.

Three Wallachian men round a log fire with distilling apparatus nearby. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.

Chemistry: various vessels for distillation. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.

Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.

M0012938: Illustration of a distilliation apparatus and furnace

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors : with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits / By Samuel Morewood.

Theorie der Gewinnung und Trennung der ätherischen Öle durch Destillation : (Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Destillationslehre) / von C. von Rechenberg.

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M0012938: Illustration of a distilliation apparatus and furnace

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

Theorie der Gewinnung und Trennung der ätherischen Öle durch Destillation : (Grundzüge einer allgemeinen Destillationslehre) / von C. von Rechenberg.

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