Liebig's potash apparatus
Date1900-1920
Inventory Number4247
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
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User
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensions19.7 x 10 x 4.8 cm (7 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
blue board box: 8.9 × 45.7 × 55.9 cm (3 1/2 × 18 × 22 in.)
blue board box: 8.9 × 45.7 × 55.9 cm (3 1/2 × 18 × 22 in.)
Material
Bibliography
DescriptionPotash apparatus, Liebig's, five bulbs on thing, triangular tube.
Signedunsigned
FunctionThe potash apparatus, also called a Kaliapparat, is used for the analysis of carbon in organic compounds. Justus Liebig invented the potash apparatus in 1831.
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Date: 1970s-1980s
Object number: 1998-1-1056b
John Bleuler
Date: circa 1790
Accessories: wooden storage case
three ivory tiles fallen off the instrument
two original curatorial cards
Object number: DW0454
Electron Arc, Inc.
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: base; cover
Object number: 2007-1-0085
American
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: Liquid inside tube may be ether
Object number: 1997-1-2043
American
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: rubber tubing, liquid inside tube may be ether
Object number: 1997-1-2042
