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Woulfe Bottle Chemical Apparatus, English, Mid-19th Century

Inventory Number 41498

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41498

Subject
Chemistry
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Glass
rubber
Dimensions
Diameter: 119mm Height: 210mm Weight: 623g
Inventory No
41498

Description

A method for absorbing a distillate or gas in water was described by the chemist and mineralogist Peter Woulfe in 1767. The two- and three-necked bottles shown here are modifications of a later date. The three-necked version has been ascribed to Jean Hassenfratz, and was designed to prevent water being sucked up into the apparatus.

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