Distillation
[,dɪstɪ'leɪʃn] or [,dɪstl'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors.
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Definition
(n.) The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
(n.) That which falls in drops.
(n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
(n.) The substance extracted by distilling.
Typist: Remington
Examples
- Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The distillation should be carried to, say, 600 degrees or 700 degrees Fahr. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A tube is inserted into the mouth of the retort, to carry off the products of the distillation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The production of coal gas, and the development of its properties at different stages of distillation, may be readily shown by means of a common tobacco pipe. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The best kind of gas made from mineral substances is produced by the distillation of a bituminous shale, called Boghead coal, which was discovered a few years since in Scotland. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The same kind of gas may also be obtained in smaller quantities by the distillation of tar, rosin, or pitch. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Many important products besides illuminating gas are obtained from the distillation of soft coal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Besides metallurg y they practiced the arts of weaving, dyeing, distillation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the same year, Dr. Rickel of Würzburg lighted his laboratory with gas made by the dry distillation of bones; but all these were experiments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is made nearly in the same manner, by distillation in retorts; the principal difference consisting in the degree and regulation of the temperature. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Although Edison did not follow up the idea and take out a patent, this system of distillation was later hit upon by others and is in use at the present time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is entirely a process of distillation, in which all the products can be collected. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Water freed from impurities in this way is called _distilled water_, and the process is called _distillation_ (Fig. 19). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the Philosophical Transactions of 1739, Dr. Clayton thus describes the effect of the spirit of coal, obtained by destructive distillation in an iron retort. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Steam and the distillation processes have been applied with great success to the making of glycerine from fat and from soap underlye and in extracting fat from various waste products. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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