A Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings Up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal
A Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings Up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal

Author: R J Forbes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-01-22

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9004674071

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Distillation is an art. And even an ancient one. It is strange to find that the history of this oldest and still most important method of producing chemically pure substances has ever been written. The reader looking at the bibliography appended to this book might object that many data existed. This may be true but the proper history of the art from the origin up to the present time was lacking.

The Art of Distillation
The Art of Distillation

Author: John French

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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With 42 woodcut illustrations. This is a detailed handbook of knowledge and practice at the time, said to be possibly the earliest definitive book on distillation, by John French, an English physician who lived in the 17th Century.

Traditional Distillation Art and Passion
Traditional Distillation Art and Passion

Author: Hubert Germain-Robin

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-07

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781736980231

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Traditional Distillation is an introduction to one of the oldest human endeavors - preserving the bounty of the summer. Hubert Germain-Robin focuses on the essential elements for the production of "eau de vie," or water of life.

Soju
Soju

Author: Hyunhee Park

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1108901573

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Hyunhee Park offers the first global historical study of soju, the distinctive distilled drink of Korea. Searching for soju's origins, Park leads us into the vast, complex world of premodern Eurasia. She demonstrates how the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries wove together hemispheric flows of trade, empire, scientific and technological transfer and created the conditions for the development of a singularly Korean drink. Soju's rise in Korea marked the evolution of a new material culture through ongoing interactions between the global and local and between tradition and innovation in the adaptation and localization of new technologies. Park's vivid new history shows how these cross-cultural encounters laid the foundations for the creation of a globally connected world.

The Quest for Aqua Vitae
The Quest for Aqua Vitae

Author: Seth C. Rasmussen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 3319063022

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Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is one of the most ubiquitous chemical compounds in the history of the chemical sciences. The generation of alcohol via fermentation is also one of the oldest forms of chemical technology, with the production of fermented beverages such as mead, beer and wine predating the smelting of metals. By the 12th century, the ability to isolate alcohol from wine had moved this chemical species from a simple component of alcoholic beverages to both a new medicine and a powerful new solvent. Of course, this also began the long tradition of production of liqueurs and strong spirits for consumption. The use of alcohol as a fuel, however, did not occur until significantly later periods. This volume presents a general overview of the early history and chemistry of alcohol production and isolation, as well as a discussion of its early uses in both the chemical arts and medicine.