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Gas Bottle, Mid-19th Century

Inventory Number 39874


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39874

Item type
Object
Physical material
Glass
Wax
Dimensions
Diameter: 40mm Height: 80mm
Inventory No
39874

Description

These were used in the preparation of gases. The S-tube allowed the gas to pass into a tube or jar inverted over a pneumatic trough.