scientific instrument

Object NameDistillation Apparatus

Made FromGlass, Cork

Date1880-1980

TechniqueFlameworked, assembled

SizeOverall H: 27.1 cm, W: 18.1 cm

Accession Number2016.8.155

Credit LineGift of The Science Museum, London

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern
Science and Technology

Physical DescriptionDistillation Apparatus. Colorless glass, cork; flameworked, assembled. Distillation apparatus consisting of central tube which bends and opens into sphere, which opens into vertical tube with thinner capillary tube extending from wall. U-shaped capillary tube creates second connection between central tube and sphere. Conical corks fixed around central tube and thinner capillary tube.
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