Imprwemenls in the Scotch DiJI'iUerhs . \6l 



immerfed in the mineral acld>:, folution of cauftic alkali, 

 alkohol, fat and eflentia! oils ; but the folution in Cajcput 

 oil could not be feparated by fpirits of wine, and colle^lcd 

 again, like the folutions of the Urceola and American Caout- 

 choucst 



XI. Account of fome Impro've7]ients ifitroduccd by the Scotch 

 DiJltUers, ivhich enable them to charge a7id run off the 

 fame Still iip^vards of Four Hundred and Eighij Timci 

 in Tiuentyfour Hours * , 



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N our laft Niuiiber we gave fome account of the progrefs 

 of the diftillerv bufuiefs in Scotland ; of the improvements 

 that had been recentlv introduced there in the condruclion 

 of the ftills ; and of the caufcs that led to thefc improve- 

 ments. 



A memorial, prefcntcd to a Committee of the IToufe of 

 Commons by Dr. Jeffrey, who w^s appointed by the Lords 

 of the Treafury to examine the works of the djftillers in 

 Scotland, contains much curious and ufi-fu! information on 

 this fubject ; and, indeed, the whole of the Reports of the 

 Committees on the Scotch Diililleric5 in 1798 and 1799 

 are extremely intereftipg. 



The ftill defcribcd in our laft .was a great improvement ; 

 but the one we are about to defcribe is fo powerful that 

 hardlv any evidence (liort of that with which the i'i.di is 

 fupported, could make it credible. But the evidence is com- 

 pltte; for it is that of the difiillers themfelves, whofe interell 

 it evidently was to depreciate rather than over-rate tho 

 power of their ftills, the duty paid on the content of the flilL 

 having been from time to time incrcaicd in proportion to 

 the acquired dexterity with which they were able to worl; 

 it off. 



We have already mentioned, that the fjrft grand improve- 

 rneat was that of incrcafing the width and diminlfliing tha 

 depth of the ftill, by wliich a greater furface was expofcd tQ 



* Extrai^ccl from tlic Rt-ports of the Conimittetb of the Houfe of Corn* 

 m</ns on the Scorch Diftilleries, 179^, 1799. 



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