al-anbiq (English spelling)

Japanese: al-anbīq(英語表記)alanbiq
al-anbiq (English spelling)

...However, the technology of distillation was discovered long ago, and Aristotle (384-322 BC) distilled wine to prove his hypothesis of the creation and transformation of matter. The still, a product of Hellenistic culture, consisted of a flask for heating the alcohol and a cap with a beak (ambix) that was placed over the top to cool the alcoholic vapor, and was called al-anbīq by the Arabs who used it as an alchemy tool. The distillers that make malt whiskey and cognac today are almost the same type and are called alembics, and the one used to make Japanese shochu was also called lambiki. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "al-anbīq" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし蒸留という技術の発見は古く,アリストテレス(前384‐前322)は物質の生成流転の仮説を証明するためブドウ酒を蒸留している。ヘレニズム文化の所産である蒸留機は,酒を加熱するフラスコとその口にかぶせてアルコールを含む蒸気を空冷するくちばし付きのキャップ(アンビクスambix)からなり,これを錬金術の道具として使ったアラブ人によりアンビークal‐anbīqとよばれた。現在のモルトウィスキー,コニャックをつくる蒸留機もほぼ同型でアランビックと称し,日本の焼酎のそれもランビキといわれていた。…

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