Book.1.Of the Art of Diſtillation. 9
Calcination, is a reducing of any thing into a Calx, and making it friable, and it may be done two waies -
-by firing -By reducing into aſhes
-By reverberating;
-by Coroſion -By amalgamation
-Precipitation
-Fumigation or vaporation,
-Cementation or
ſtratification.
Circulation, is when any liquor is ſo placed in digeſtion, that it ſhall riſe up and fall down, riſe up and fall down, and ſo doe continually, and thereby become more digeſted, and mature, for which uſe for the moſt part we uſe a Pellican.
Clarification, is the ſeparating of the groſs feces from any decoction or juice, and it is done three ways - By the white of an egge, - By digeſtion, - By filtration.
Coagulation, is the reducing of any liquid thing to a thicker ſubſtance by evaporating the humidity.
Cohobation, is the frequent abſtraction of any liquor, poured oft-times on the feces from whence it was diſtilled, by diſtillation.
Congelation, is when any liquor being decocted to the hight, is afterward by ſettling into any cold place
turned into a tranſparent ſubſtance like unto yce.
Corroſion, is the Calcining of bodies by corroſive things.
D.
Decantation, is the pouring off of any liquor which hath a ſetling by inclination.
Deliquium, is the diſſolving of a hard body into a liquor, as ſalt, or the powder of any calcined matter, &c. in a moiſt, cold place.
Deſcenſion, is when the eſſential juice diſſolved from the matter to be diſtilled doth deſcend, or fall downward.
Deſpumation, is the taking off the froth that floats on the top with a ſpoon or feather, or by percolation.
Diſtillation, is the extracting of the humid part of things by vertue of heat, being firſt reſolved into a vapour, and then
