I think the non traditional stuff hardware helps the distillation process, either infusing, or separating, depends on flow direction

Old Spanish gold coin

That�s what I�m thinking too. Could be to pressure water to multiple sinks, not sure about rooms; but possible I suppose.

Old Fashioned Nettie Pot for multiple users.

Communal snot pot?

Colonial Hookah

It's for making hot toddies. That particular model will make 6 at once.

Bong

Corn licker still

With the number of outlets it could be an old embalming device to pump formaldehyde into corpses. Attach rubber hoses and catheters to the outputs, pressure it up, insert into various veins, open another vein. Blood goes out, formaldehyde goes in.

Exactly what I was thinking. Or maybe it was put on a heat source to create steam for heating instead of hot water?

What about an early model cow milking machine?

Sometimes, with this crowd, I�m not sure six at once is enough.

Mom is that you?

Early model frac machine