aludel

American  

[al-yoo-del] / ˈæl yʊˌdɛl /

noun

Chemistry.

1. one of a series of pearshaped vessels of earthenware or glass, open at both ends and fitted one above the other, for recovering the sublimates produced during sublimation.

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aludel British  

/ ˈæljʊˌdɛl /

noun

1. chem a pear-shaped vessel, open at both ends, formerly used with similar vessels for collecting condensates, esp of subliming mercury

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Etymology

Origin of aludel

1550–60; < Middle French < Spanish < Arabic al the + uthāl, variant of ithāl, plural of athlah piece of apparatus

Example Sentences

Here and there pieces of their quaint and uncouth shaped apparatus, the aludel, the alembic, and the alkaner, the pelican, the crucible, and the water-bath, occupy their respective stations.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various

You ought to know, my son," he said, "that this subliming pot is called aludel.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

In 1876, there were at Almaden, at the works at Buitrones, twenty such aludel furnaces and two Idria furnaces.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various

The first cost is stated to be more than ten times greater than that of an aludel furnace, while the capacity is only 50 per cent. greater.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various