A chance rencontre with the Scotch doctor of the European settlement affords an opportunity of visiting the Oil Refinery, with the varied distillations, culminating in the great tank of benzine, a concentration of natural forces like a liquid dynamite, capable of wrecking the whole settlement in a moment.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
By successive distillations of alcohol ninety-four per cent can be obtained, which is the best commercial article, though most grades fall far below this.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
The total amount of original reaction mixture requires five distillations similar to the one just described.
"Organic-Syntheses"
Conant, James Bryant