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  • Duckworth & Co. : Old Trafford Essence Distillery Chester Road, Manchester 16.
  • Chemistry: an industrial distillery, in Scotland (?). Engraving, early 19th century.
  • A still house in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.
  • Fermenting backs and workers in a whiskey distillery. Wood engraving, late 19th century.
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Distiller's grains
  • J.R. Glauber, Distillation apparatus in The Works
  • Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Chemistry: equipment for distillation. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Early forms of distillation apparatus- alembics with one or more receivers.
  • Chemistry: a multi-tiered furnace for distillation. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Chemistry: a multi-tiered furnace for distillation. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.
  • The distillery of Deacon Giles seen as the work of the Devil. Coloured wood-engraving after G. B. Cheever, ca. 1835.
  • Chemistry: multiple vessels for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Chemistry: various vessels for distillation. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • An evil magician raises demons from a distillery tub as onlookers fall back amazed. Coloured aquatint, c. 1808, after S. De Wilde.
  • Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.
  • Venetian drug bottle c.1700 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Venetian drug bottle c.1700 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Venetian drug bottle c.1700 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Venetian drug bottle c.1700 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Italian drug jar dated 1750 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Italian drug jar dated 1750 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • Italian drug jar dated 1750 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.
  • One ornamental and one plain label for the French distiller, Lemoine. Etching with engraving, 19th century.
  • Chemistry: burning glasses, and various vessels for distillation. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
  • Chemistry: a balance (top), distillation (centre), and casting (below). Engraving by le Canu [after L.J. Goussier ?].
  • A man and a woman demonstrating the process of fermentation and distillation in alchemy. Etching, ca. 17th century.