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Distillation 1500. Three alembics stand on top of a furnace. The distillate condenses in caps on top of the vessels and flows down into collecting bottles. The pillar in the centre of the furnace is for refuelling. From Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus by Hieronymus Braunschweig. (Strasbourg, 1500).