"Extemporaneously" Quotes from Famous Books
... process for making a concentrated elder-flower water, from which he states the ordinary water can be extemporaneously prepared, of excellent quality, and of uniform strength:—2 lbs. of the flowers are to be distilled with water until that which passes into the receiver has lost nearly all perfume. This will generally happen when from 15 to 18 pounds have passed over. To the distillate, 2 lbs. of alcohol are to ... — The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse |