An early practical chemist named Johann Rudolph Glauber is credited as among the first chemists to produce hydrochloric acid in its pure form, and pioneering the method most commonly used thereafter. The literature says that he produced hydrogen chloride gas which he dissolved in water to get the acid; aka acidum salis, aka muriatic acid.
Dissolved in water how? That is, what practical setup did he use to get the gas mixed with the water? At the date he worked (17th century), I presume he was limited to glassware. No rubber hoses, no acid-resistant pumps, no pressure tanks. I can’t picture how he did it.