The dictionary of photography for the amateur and professional photographer (1897)
Wall, E. J. (Edward John), 1860-1928, Bolas, Thomas · London : Hazell, Watson & Viney · leaf 627
Weighing and Measuring In preparing distilled water, that first coming over (say about one-twentieth) should be rejected, as liable to contain ammonia and volatile impurities. Another form of still, and one which involves still less special fitting or construction is shown in … Fig. 120. fig. 120, the constituents being a tin can, a, in which the water is boiled, a bent glass tube (see Glass Working) fitted to a by means of a perforated cork. Another tin can, b, into which the bent tube passes loosely, stands in a saucepan containing cold water. Weighing and Measuring. In…
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