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An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two retort s connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is only the upper part (the capital or still-head), but the word was often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus.

The word "alembic" has taken on a metaphorical meaning - anything that refine s or transmutes, as if by distillation - as in "the alembic of creative thought."

The word, as most alchemical terminology, comes from the Arabic: al-ambiq, "still;" ultimately from the Greek ambix, "cup."

The alembic was developed circa 800 AD by Islamic alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan.

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AlembicAn alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two retorts connected by a tube. Technically, the alembic is only the upper part (the capital or still-head , but the word was often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus. The word "alembic" has  
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