The still may be made from a large iron kettle and the condenser from a coil of tin pipe placed in a pail of cold water. In the kettle lid bore a 1-in. hole and solder into it a bent piece of pure tin pipe. Bore a 1-in. hole in the side of a wooden lard bucket and make a coil from three or four turns of the tin pipe; pass one end through the hole in the bucket and cement it in with white lead. Stand the bucket on a stool so that the tin coil can be connected to the tube in the kettle by means of a small piece of rubber tube. The water to be condensed may be conveyed to the bucket by means of a small rubber tube or a length of compo pipe, and may be syphoned away from the top of the bucket by a bent piece of compo pipe. The kettle should be about three-fourths filled with tap water through the spout, which is then corked, and the kettle is heated on the fire or gas stove; the first small quantity of water which distils into the bottle should be thrown away and the distillation stopped before the residue is dry. For drinking purposes, the distilled water should be passed through a charcoal filter to aerate it.

The sketch shows the distilling and condensing arrangement.

Apparatus for Distilling Water.