muffle
Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number4810
ClassificationMuffle
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions7.9 x 13.6 x 10.2 cm (3 1/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 in.)
Material
DescriptionEarthenware muffle with flat base and domed top. Closed at one end, with slightly irregular slits on each of the three closed sides.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed in furnaces to protect heated objects from direct contact with fire, for example, in the cupellation of ore buttons.
Scientific Prototype Manufacturing Corporation
Date: 1960
Accessories: manual: <i>Laboratory Studies in the Analysis of Behavior</i> by Homme and Klaus (1957)
Object number: 2008-1-0003
