Method and apparatus for rapidly obtaining test solutions

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF RAPIDLY CONDUCTING A SERIES OF STEAM DISTILLATION INCLUDING INTRODUCING A KNOWN VOLUME OF MATERIAL TO BE DISTILLED INTO A STILL FROM THE UPPER END THEREOF, AGITATING THE DISTILLAND BY INTRODUCING STEAM TANGENTIALLY INTO THE BOTTOM OF SAID STILL, MAINTAINING THE VOLUME OF DISTILLAND SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT BY HEATING THE EXPANDING STEAM SUFFICIENTLY TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT TEMPERATURE THEREOF IN SAID STILL, COLLECTING THE DISTILLATE, INTERRUPTING THE SUPPLY OF STEAM TO SAID STILL, WITHDRAWING SPENT MATERIAL AND DISTILLAND TANGENTIALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID STILL, AND REFLUXING A PORTION OF THE COLLECTED DISTILLATE INTO AND OUT OF THAT STILL TO RINSE SAID STILL FOR SUBSEQUENT OPERATION, AND IMMEDIATELY REPEATING THE DESCRIBED STEPS.