Assertion: spirit lamp | /r/CapableOf | heat the contents of the retorts
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text: The ubiquitous alcohol lamp, or spirit lamp, seen being used to heat the contents of the retorts in this delightful engraving from the frontispiece of Worthington Hooker’s First Book in Chemistry for the Use of Schools and Families (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1862), is one of the oldest pieces of laboratory apparatus.