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on each plate, and thence through the overflow pipes back to the boiler. 

 The vapours of high boiUng point are condensed in the U-pipes h in the 

 condenser/, passing back to the still by the pipes g. A coil, i, is shown in the 

 tank, j, where the spirit is cooled. 



Fig. 358 



Coffey Continuous Still.— The coffey still. Fig. 358, consists of two parts, 

 the analyser A, and the rectifier R ; either column is built up of rectangular 

 wooden frames resting one on top of the other, and the whole kept in position 

 by a number of vertical stay rods. The analyser is divided into a number of 



