Re: OT: first water
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- Subject: Re: OT: first water
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:07:54 -0700 (MST)
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> >
> >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>
I think this also relates to the purity of gem stones (particularly
diamonds???).
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate ny zone 4
