APPARATUS USED FOR MAKING ALCOHOL FOR HOSPITAL USE DURING THE
CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.[1]

[Footnote 1: Read at the Cincinnati meeting of the American
Pharmaceutical Association.]

By CHARLES K. GALLAGHER, Washington, N.C.


A is an ordinary farm boiler or kettle, with an iron lid securely
bolted on; B, a steam pipe ending in a coil within a trough, D. C, D,
two troughs made of gum logs, one inverted over the other, securely
luted and fastened together by clamps and wedges. The "beer" to be
distilled was introduced at E and the opening closed with a plug. The
distillate--"low wine"--was collected at F, and redistilled from a set
of similar troughs not shown in above figure, and heated by a
continuation of the steam coil from D.

[Illustration]

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CONFEDERATE APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SALTPETER FOR
AMMUNITION.