On Jul 9, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> > But I was wondering about distilled liquor - it's a
> > sophisticated, nonintuitive process. *This must have
> > appeared much later.
>
> > Anybody have any ideas when/where/how distillation
> > was invented/discovered? *What are the earliest records?
>
> Certainly, the Islamic scientist
> Geber is widely credited with the development of "scientific"
> distillation, and the name alcohol itself reveals its Islamic origins
> (from Arabic al-kuhl, meaning "spirits" or something like that).

Interesting... doesn't the Koran have a few
words on the use of spirits?

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Rich