- Subject
- Laboratory equipment
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Knight
- Provenance
- Not ascertained
- Primary inscriptions
- Signed: "KNIGHT/FOSTER LANE" on stopcock tap.
- Object type
- Retort
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 50mm Height: 95mm Width: 260mm Depth: 50mm Weight: 158g
- Inventory No
- 48108
Description
A small retort of green glass with a copper stopcock crudely attached to the end of tube. These interchangeable copper alloy fittings are found with a number of the items in this collection and may be regarded as the precursor of the interchangeable ground glass joints of more recent times.
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