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Mercury Shower Apparatus, English, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 60730


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.60730

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by King James College, Henley-on-Thames per Mrs. Parkins
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Wood
Paint
Dimensions
Diameter: 74mm Height: 140mm Weight: 242g
Inventory No
60730

Description

Part of the air pump kit, inv. no. 36506. Wooden stake with the sides painted red, this is attached to a copper alloy disc with an upturned wooden cup as the base.