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Object NameTube
Manufacturer Quickfit and Quartz Limited
Made FromGlass
Date1880-1980
TechniqueFlameworked
SizeOverall H: 49.8 cm, Diam (max): 0.6 cm
Accession Number2016.8.381
Credit LineGift of The Science Museum, London
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTube. Colorless glass; flameworked. Narrow cylindrical tube with one open end and one closed end with round bottom; for holes in wall near round bottom. Horizontal seam in tube roughly 1/3 from rim.
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
scientific instrument
Corning Inc.
probably 1970-1989
thermometer
Corning Inc.
about 1900-1930
condenser
1880-1980
condenser
1910-1940