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viiriations in the triMtimiil, iVoin '20 to moru tluin 4<) |ier wiit. of absolute 

 alcoliul. The A|>|xinitii8 iiso.l is rx'|>ri*sciitüil hy the nccominnyiii}; wiHxlcut, and 

 is in priuciplu the sunie as the* small earthenware still, here calle<l rauä/iki, much 

 used in jiluirnuicy. It consist» of a »hallow, iron kisin built omt a c«)n»non 

 firc|>lace in which wtxxl is burnt, ami provided with a flange u|ion which n 

 w(X)den cylinder with a («rfor.ited l)ottoin reals. U|)on the top of this cylinder 

 or tub there is fittctl an iron l»asin tenninatin<; below in a jxiint immediately 

 aUive a kind of flat funnel, the tubj of which bjuls away at an angle, and hiuls 

 outside tho tub to a receiver. The irmi Uisiii, when tilled with cold wat«'r, 

 Rerves as a condenser 



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and the alcohol, which collects uj>on tho under surface, nms down to the point 

 and from that drips into the funii<l an<l lluri flows outside into the receiver. 

 The condenser A is 24 inches in diameter in the still use<l at Itami, the wiKxlen 

 tub T, 21^ inches in diameter and 20 inches in height. In other places the 

 dimensions vary a little, thus at Ilochioji the condenser is 21 inches in diameter, 

 and 15 inches at the deei>est jiaii, the tub is 34 inches high, and in (lunuter a 

 little less than the condenser. About live of these stills are platx-d siile by side, 

 and the water required for cooling is obtainc«! from a bamboo pi|ic S leading 

 from a cistern, and having a hole c'.osal by a plug for each condenser. 10 

 kuwammc of the residue (kasu) arc mixed with 1.1 kw. of the husk of riw ; the 

 quantities used are, however, not r.siially weighetl, but ar.; me;isured in a wixxKn 

 tub 20 inches in diameter and 13 inches high, two of which hold 10 kuwammc. 

 The mixture is then pliiccl in the tub u])fin a hem|)cn cloth which covers the 

 perforated bottom; the loikr is (ill -d with water antl the tub is then placed in 

 [losition, the junction l»eing made tight by mams of a straw ring. The condenser 



