ring burner
Date1890-1920
Inventory Number3747
ClassificationBurner
Subject
Maker
C. H. Stoelting Company
1886-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions26.1 x 10.5 x 12 cm (10 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionA brass burner with a lead base that has a connecting tube for a gas source at the bottom, with the gas rising on a tube that forks into two and then connects to a horizontal ring with a square cross section that has many small holes on its inner surface. Before forking, the vertical tube holds a stand that is clamped to it with a metal screw and consists of three separate metal rods that are bent to form holding arms several inches above the burner's ring.
Signedon instrument: C.H. STOELTING CO.
FunctionA gas burner for heating up substances in pots or beakers held between the wire arms.
Eastern Science Supply Company
Date: circa 1925
Object number: 1996-1-0622
