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Images of alchemical apparatus from Syria Illustrations of chemical apparatus from a medieval Syrian manuscript studied by the French chemist M. Berthelot. These sketchy drawings are easily recognisable as similar to European alchemical equipment. Back to apparatus page Alembic with receiving flask. Digestion apparatus with an upper flask inverted upon a lower. Long necked digestion flask set in a cylindrical furnace probably filled with hot ashes. Digestion apparatus with condensing flask above, probably for fractional distillation Apparatus for sublimation set on a rectangular furnace. Kerotakis, in which a substance is heated on a plate within the vessel. Simple retort.