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gas chamber

gas chamber

Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number4348
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Maker American ?
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions50 x 25 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
      blue board box: 29.8 x 52.4 x 31.9 cm (11 3/4 x 20 5/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionGlass gas chamber, roughly bell shaped. It has a ground ring neck that attaches to a fixed system of two stopcocks. The stopcocks branch out from the bottom neck, attached to a thin glass tube which extends into the gas chamber. A piece of twisted wire is fixed around the neck of the chamber.
        Signedunsigned
        FunctionMost likely for experiments with mixtures of gases. These would be introduced via the two stopcocks, to be mixed in the chamber.
        container with stopcocks
        container with stopcocks
        Pyrex
        Date: after 1920
        Object number: 1998-1-1116
        gas generating bottle?
        gas generating bottle?
        American
        Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
        Object number: 3722
        De La Rive's egg
        De La Rive's egg
        American
        Date: 1870-1900
        Object number: 1997-1-1325
        gas collection flasks for mass spectrometer work
        gas collection flasks for mass spectrometer work
        Kenneth T. Bainbridge
        Date: 1934-1940
        Object number: RS0178b
        directional gas apparatus
        directional gas apparatus
        American
        Date: 1850-1900
        Object number: 1998-1-0183
        singing flame apparatus
        singing flame apparatus
        Rudolph Koenig
        Date: circa 1865
        Object number: 1997-1-0916
        singing flame apparatus
        singing flame apparatus
        J. Lancelot
        Date: 1875-1910
        Object number: DW0174
        gas holder
        gas holder
        American
        Date: circa 1893
        Object number: 3771
        De La Rive's egg (red)
        De La Rive's egg (red)
        American
        Date: 1870-1900
        Object number: 1997-1-1329
        ionization chamber
        ionization chamber
        Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
        Date: 1980-1984
        Object number: 2003-1-0294
        ionization chamber
        ionization chamber
        Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
        Date: 1960-1984
        Object number: 2003-1-0302
        universal vacuum gauge (McLeod gauge)
        universal vacuum gauge (McLeod gauge)
        Todd Scientific Company
        Date: 1955-1965
        Object number: 1996-1-0396