copper drying oven
Date1910-1930
Inventory Number3743
ClassificationDrying Oven
Subject
Maker
Eimer & Amend
1851 - 1940
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions23.5 x 27.2 x 23.1 cm (9 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionAn almost cubic copper compartment with a frontal door and three tubes coming out of it: two from the top and one from the bottom. Inside there is space for two horizontal shelves, of which one is present. That shelf has holes most likely to support test tubes.
Signedon door: EIMER AND AMEND / SCIENTIFIC APPARRATUS / & CHEMICALS / 205-207-209 211 THIRD AVE NEW YORK
FunctionThis is an oven designed to dry liquid samples without subjecting them to extreme temperatures. The tubes would be connected to a source of hot water that would heat the walls of the oven.
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1880
Object number: 1997-1-1176
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1922
Accessories: set-up instructions; weights; corked glass viles; tweezer; magnifying glass
Object number: 1996-1-0207
Aston & Mander Company, Ltd.
Date: circa 1915
Accessories: double shelved mahogany case
Object number: 1989-4-0011
Eimer & Amend
Date: 1890-1910
Accessories: brown cardboard case
Object number: 1998-1-0179
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1880
Object number: 1997-1-1172
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1880
Object number: 1997-1-1178
Eimer & Amend
Date: 1900-1940
Accessories: green cardboard case with orange lining
Object number: 1998-1-0343
Eimer & Amend
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: round wooden box with removable lid
Object number: 3916
