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900 
any proper material, and may be applied in feveral varie¬ 
ties of form and fize, either fingle or double, to produce 
the fame effedl:. From the above defcription, perfons 
accuftomed to the conftruCtion of fimilar articles, can 
have r.o difficulty in adapting the invention to the feve¬ 
ral fituations in which it may be ufed, either for brew¬ 
ing, diddling* dying, or any of the other purpofes in¬ 
tended by its inventor; who obtained a patent for the 
protection of his property in it, dated December 30, 1800. 
Notwithdanding the ingenuity of modern times, we are 
told by Mr. Keir, in the Afiatic Refearches, that the 
Ead Indians perform the bufinefs of didillation by a very 
fimple contrivance, that equals, if not furpaffes, all our 
boaded improvements. The body of the dill conlids of 
a large earthen jar, which is placed in a kind of furnace, 
made by digging a round hole in the ground. To the 
neck of this jar, what they call an adkur is luted on, 
forming a covering for the body of the dill, with a fuit- 
a'ole perforation in it to let the vapour rife through, 
and for the lower part of the alembic. The alembic is 
formed by luting on a copper pot, with its mouth turned 
downward', over the opening in the adkur. Their cooler 
confids of a dream of water, condantly poured on the 
copper pot. This mode is thought by Mr. Keir, to be 
far preferable to our worm and cooler :—“ more liquor, 
by a great deal, being drawn off, titan could have been 
done in our way, from a dill of twice the dimenfions.” 
Perhaps Mr. Keir had never heard of the rapidity of the 
Scotch didillers. Neverthelefs great merit is due to 
the fimplicity and utility of the contrivance of the Ead 
Indians. 
The only materials appropriated to the didillation of ar¬ 
dent fpirit in England; are malt, with a mixture of wheat 
and ryri, and molatfes or treacle. Yet there is no doubt but 
other vegetable fubdances might be made fubfervient to 
the fame purpofe. Anexperiment hasbeen recently made 
with carrots, by Dr. Hunter arid Mr. Hornby of York, 
which fucceeded extremely well. One ton and eight done 
of carrots, which, after being expofed to the air a few 
days to dry, weighed 160 done, and menfured forty-two 
bulhels, were walked, topped, and tailed, by which they 
lod in weight eleven done, and in meafure feven bulhels: 
being then cut, they were boiled, with the proportion of 
twenty-four gallons of water to one-third of the above 
quantity of carrots, until the whole was reduced to a 
tender pulp, which was done in three hours boiling. From 
this pulp the juice was eafily extracted, by means of a 
prefs, and 200 gallons of juice were produced from the 
whole. This juice was boiled again, with one pound of 
hops, five hours, and then cooled to 66° of Fahrenheit; 
and, fix quarts of yead being added, it was fet to fer¬ 
ment. The drong fermentation laded forty-eight hours, 
during which'time the heat abated to 5S 0 of Fahrenheit. 
Twelve gallons of unfermented juice, which had been 
referved, were then heated, and added to the liquor, the 
heat of which was thus railed again to 66°, and the fer¬ 
mentation was renewed for twenty-four hours more, the 
air of the brewhoufe being all this time at 46° and 44 0 . 
The liquor was now tunned, and continued to work three 
days from the bung. It was then didilled ; and the fird 
didillation was rectified the next day, without any addi¬ 
tion. The produce was twelve gallons of fpirit, which 
was equal to a corn fpirit of the bed kind, reiembled it in 
flavour, and was full proof. The refufe of the carrots 
weighed forty-eight done, which, added to the tops and 
tails, made provilion for hogs, befides the wafli from the 
dill, which meafured 114 gallons. 
From this experiment, Dr. Hunter draws the following 
comparifon between the didillation of carrots and that of 
grain : Twenty tons of carrots, which will make 200 gal¬ 
lons of proof fpirit, may be bought for lixteen pounds. 
Eight quarters of malt, or rather of materials for didilla¬ 
tion, confiding 6f malt, wheat, and rye, may be. bought 
for lixteen pounds, and will alfo yield 200 gallons of 
proof fpirit. The refufe from the carrots will be 960 
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done, which, at one penny per done will fell for four- 
pounds. The refufe, or grains, from the malt, See. will 
be fixty-four bulhels, each buffiel about three done 
which, at one penny per done, will fell for only fixteen 
fhillings. Dr. Hunter, however, fuppofes that the manu¬ 
facturing of the fpirit from carrots may be attended with 
more expence than tire manufacturing it from malt; but 
imagines that the greater value of the refufe may com. 
penfate for that expence ; and that the faving of corn 
for other purpofes, is an objeCt worthy of attention and 
encouragement.—Didillers are fubjCft to divers regula¬ 
tions under the excife laws, in order to avoid frauds on 
the revenue : for which fee the article Excise. And 
for the mode of afeertaining the proof of ardent fpirit, 
fee the article Spirituous Liquors. 
DIS1 ILLA'l IONS, f. in natural philofophy, are 
waterilh vapours drawn by the fun into the air, which 
fall down to the earth again when the fun is fet. 
DISTIL'LATORY, ad]. Belonging to didillation; 
ufed in didillation.—Befides thofe groffer elements of bo¬ 
dies, fait, fulphur, and mercury, ingredients of a more 
fubtile-nature, extremely little, and not vifible, may 
efcape at the junctures of the diftillatory veffels. Boyle. 
DISTIL'LER, f. One who practifes the art or trade 
of diddling.—I fent for fpirit of fait to a very eminent 
difiller of it. Boyle. —One who makes and fells pernicious 
and inflammatory fpirits. 
DISTIL'LERS COMPANY of the city of London. 
Their armorial enfigns are azure, a fefs wavy argent be¬ 
tween a fun drawing up a cloud, diddling drops of rain 
proper, and a diftillatory double armed or, with two worms 
and a bolt-head receivers argent ; the cred an helmet and 
force, a barley garb wreathed about with a vine-branch, 
fruited all proper. The fupporters a Ruffian and an In¬ 
dian in their relpeftive habits. The motto, Drop as rain , 
and diflil as dew. 
DISTIL'LERY, f. The apparatus by which didilla¬ 
tion is performed ; the place where a didiller carries on 
his bufinefs ; the aft or art of diddling. This art was 
fird brought into Europe by the Moors of Spain, about 
1150 : they learned if of the African Moors, who had it 
from the Egyptians ; and the Egyptians are,faid to have 
praCtifed it in the reign of the emperor Dioclefian, though 
it was unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans. 
DISTIL'MENT, f. That which is drawn by didilla¬ 
tion ; that which drops. A word formerly ufed, but mow 
obfolete : 
Upon my fecure hour thy uncle dole, 
And in the porches of mine ears did pour 
The leperous difilment. Shakefpeare. 
DISTI'NCT, adj. [ difindus , Lat.] Different; not the 
fame in number or in kind.—Fatherhood and property 
are difind titles, and began prefently upon Adam’s death, 
to be in difind perfons. Locke. —Different; feparate; being 
apart, not conjunct.—Men have immortal fpirits, capa¬ 
ble of a pleafure and happinefs difind from that of our 
bodies. Tillotfon. —Clear; unconfufed : 
Heav’n is high, 
High and remote, to fee from thence difind 
Each thing on earth. Milton. 
Spotted; variegated: 
Tempeduous fell 
His arrows from the four-fold vifag’d four, 
Difind with eyes ; and from the living wheels 
Difind alike with multitude of eyes. Miltoru 
Marked out; fpecified : 
Dominion hold 
Over all living things that move on th’ earth, 
Wherever thus created; for no place 
Is yet difind by name. Milton. 
DISTINCTION,/ Idifindioj Lat.] TheaCtofdif- 
cerning one as preferable to the other. 
