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Webster 1913 Edition
Aludel
Al′u-del
,Noun.
[F. & Sp.
aludel
, fr. Ar. aluthāl
.] (Chem.)
One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; – used in the process of sublimation.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Aludel
AL'UDEL
,Noun.
In chimistry, aludels are earthern pots without bottoms, that they may be exactly fitted into each other, and used in sublimations. At the bottom of the furnace is a pot containing the matter to be sublimed, and at the top a head to receive the volatile matter.