alembic
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thumb|upright=1.2|Picture of an alembic from a medieval manuscript
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- Instance of
- appliance
- Subclass of
- still
- Named after
- gourd
- Image
- Alambins industrials per a la destil·lació de licors a Catalunya.jpg
- Has use
- distillation
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- Alambics
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thumb|upright=1.2|Picture of an alembic from a medieval manuscript
An alembic (from , originating from , 'cup, beaker') is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distillation of liquids.
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