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Fire Piston, English, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 70046


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.70046

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by King James College, HenleyZonZThames per Mrs Parkins.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Metal
Wood
Dimensions
Diameter: 30mm Height: 192mm Weight: 139g
Inventory No
70046
Accession Number
1982-8/23

Description

Part of Air Pump Kit inv. no. 36506. Copper alloy tube with a metal rod tipped with wood which slots into the tube, on the end of the metal rod is a cylindrical copper alloy base.