# Alchemy and distillation

> Still possible: The book is an alchemical and distillation manual: plants as materials, jars and tubes as apparatus, baths as operations, recipes as…

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# Alchemy and distillation

The book is an alchemical and distillation manual: plants as materials, jars and tubes as apparatus, baths as operations, recipes as procedures.

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