Distillation goes back to the ninth century when Arabian alchemists developed the alembic still.
蒸馏可以追溯到九世纪,当时阿拉伯炼金术士发明了蒸馏器。
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Alembic
An alembic (Arabic الأنبيق (al-anbīḳ) from Greek ἄμβιξ (ambix), "cup, beaker") is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube, used for distilling chemicals. The alembic Unicode symbols are U+1F76A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALEMBIC (