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drying tube
drying tube

drying tube

Date1900-1920
Inventory Number4253
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Dimensions3 x 19 x 12 cm (1 3/16 x 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
        blue board box: 88.9 × 45.7 × 55.9 cm (35 × 18 × 22 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionTube, drying, Mitscherlisch's.
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionDrying tubes are used for drying sbstances in hot air. Often attached to other apparatuses.
          Mitscherlich's drying tube
          American
          Date: 1900-1920
          Object number: 4251
          drying tube
          American
          Date: 1900-1920
          Object number: 4252
          Mitscherlich's drying tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 4250
          u-tube (drying tube?)
          American
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 3724
          Wooden test tube rack
          American
          Date: early 20th-early 21st Century
          Accessories: 19 test tubes of different sizes.
          Object number: 1997-1-1963
          quadrant electrometer
          American
          Date: 1890-1920
          Object number: 0203a,b
          portable drying oven
          American
          Date: 1850-1900
          Object number: 3741
          drying oven
          Eimer & Amend
          Date: 1910-1930
          Object number: 3742
          copper drying oven
          Eimer & Amend
          Date: 1910-1930
          Object number: 3743
          high-temperature electric oven
          Fisher Scientific Company
          Date: circa 1940
          Object number: 1996-1-0155
          stand with test tubes
          American
          Date: mid 20th Century
          Accessories: wooden stand
          Object number: 1997-1-1530
          tube
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4356