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stopcock system
stopcock system

stopcock system

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number4988
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Dimensions31 x 8 x 1.9 cm (12 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionStopcock with an oblique hole that fits into a glass tube with two side necks. One side neck is above the stopcock while the other is below it. Tubing meeting stopcok holes extends out on two sides.
          Signedunsigned
          Curatorial RemarksIdentical to 4989.
          stopcock system
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4989
          universal vacuum gauge (McLeod gauge)
          Todd Scientific Company
          Date: 1955-1965
          Object number: 1996-1-0396
          stout Woulff bottle with three necks
          American
          Date: 1870-1920
          Object number: 4111
          glass stopcock system
          American
          Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4323
          tube
          Theodore William Richards
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4346
          pipe with stopcocks
          American
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 1997-1-0737
          part of gas generator
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Accessories: See curatorial remarks
          Object number: 3801
          gas chamber
          American
          Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 4348
          Amsler's polar planimeter
          Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Company
          Date: circa 1910
          Accessories: original and photocopy of letter from Dr. Joachim Fischer in Berlin requesting information and photographs of mechanical integrating devices from William J.H. Andrewes, dated 13 October 1993 photocopy of letter from William J.H. Andrewes to Dr. Joachim Fischer, providing information on the planimeter and requesting details for his desired photographs; original and photocopy of letter from William J.H. Andrewes to Dr. Joachim Fischer, responding to a request regarding mechanical integrators acquired from the Aiken computer laboratory, dated 11 April 1997; letter from William J. H. Andrewes to Dr. Joachim Fischer that accompanied the photographs, dated 26 April 1995; film and eleven color photographs of the instrument, probably copies of those sent to Dr. Joachim Fischer
          Object number: 1995-1-0003
          container with stopcocks
          Pyrex
          Date: after 1920
          Object number: 1998-1-1116
          Amsler's polar planimeter
          American Steam Gauge Company
          Date: circa 1875
          Object number: 1996-1-0258
          Amsler's polar planimeter
          American Steam Gauge Company
          Date: circa 1875
          Object number: 1999-1-0066