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stopcock system
stopcock system

stopcock system

Dateearly 20th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1997-1-1294
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions23.6 x 12.8 x 3.8 cm (9 5/16 x 5 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThis apparatus is made of transparent glass that is stained brown in several areas. It has an open tube at the top that is spherical at the bottom leading downwards to another slender tube bent at a right angle with a stopcock and turnscrew, then to a u-shaped curving tube, a cylinder that is bulbous in the middle but narrow at the ends, and finally terminating in a long, narrow cylinder that ends in a small sphere with an opening.
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