OT: first water
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- Subject: OT: first water
- From: B* S* <b*@tiger.hsc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:53:21 -0700 (MST)
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>There does remain one question though, if you could. What does "amateur
>grower of the first *water*" mean?
If I recall correctly, this is a term from distilling, in which the "first
water" (the first alcohol to come over the condenser) is the purest and
finest. Later "waters" may be contaminated with other molecules as the
distilling temperature fluctuated.
Could be wrong--any other ideas?
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
