condenser

Object NameCondenser

Made FromGlass, Leather, Metal

Date1880-1980

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 25.1 cm, Diam (max) 5.5 cm

Accession Number2016.8.401

Credit LineGift of The Science Museum, London

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCondenser. Colorless glass, leather, metal; flameworked. Cylindrical tube narrowing in at one end before opening to bulbous form with rounded top and short, upward-facing tube arm. Other end of tube narrows in before bulging slightly; this end is capped with leather tubing secured in place with metal wire. Short tube arm applied to wall of main tube near leather-capped end. Main tube contains two smaller tubes, one of which is inserted into the other.
Provenance

Source Science Museum - 2016-10-12
deaccessioned from the London Science Museum (LSM) collections or released from their holdings of exhibition or education collections

Former Collection Silberrad Research Laboratories - 1981