Images of alchemical apparatus
Receivers from Andreas Libavius, Alchymia..., 1606.
1. Large tubulated ampulla, of iron or pottery.
2. Simple bulbous ampulla.
3. Closed receiver.
4, 5, 6. Twin receivers.
7. Receiver with two bulbs.
8. "Thieve's" receiver.
9. Ordinary receiver.
10. Cucurbita receiver.