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glass cylinder
glass cylinder

glass cylinder

Date1850-1900
Inventory Number4214
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions38.1 x 7.5 cm (15 x 2 15/16 in.)
      storage: 42.7 x 37.1 x 26.5 cm (16 13/16 x 14 5/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
      Material
        Accessoriesrubber stopper with electrode
        DescriptionA very heavy glass cylinder with two openings at its ends. A wide one at the bottom, and a narrower one at its top right after a bottleneck. Ground ring neck, ground base with inside ring.

        The cylinder has a rubber stopper on its top opening with a brass electrode inside the cylinder. Ground ring neck, ground base with inside ring rod has chemical residue.
        Signedunsigned
        FunctionMany uses in physics and chemistry. The brass rod (probably an electrode) hints to experiments with electricity.
        glass cylinder
        English
        Date: 1850-1900
        Accessories: stored in a big box with other glassware.
        Object number: 4213
        glass cylinder
        English
        Date: 1850-1900
        Accessories: stored in a big box with other glassware.
        Object number: 4212
        glass desiccator top
        German
        Date: 1870-1920
        Accessories: it comes with a glass stopper with ground walls in a tapering cylindrical shape with a broken knob at one end and a glass hook on the other end
        Object number: 4350
        bell jar with a brass cap and rod
        William Ladd
        Date: 1840-1870
        Object number: 4211
        container that held cedar oil
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Accessories: black rubber stopper
        Object number: 1997-1-1964
        bell jar
        American
        Date: 1870-1920
        Accessories: rubber stopper
        Object number: 4186
        glass cylinder with copper wire
        American
        Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
        Accessories: glass stopper with copper wire
        Object number: 1997-1-1994
        graduated cylinder
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 4075a
        stopper for graduated cylinder
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 4075b
        Erlenmeyer flask
        American
        Date: 1880-1930
        Accessories: ground glass stopper
        Object number: 4002
        glass bottle
        American
        Date: ca. 1900-1940
        Accessories: 1 glass stopper, 1 glass cover
        Object number: 1997-1-1984