- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Formerly in the Daubeny Laboratory
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated
- Object type
- Eudiometer
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 74mm Height: 295mm Weight: 615g
- Inventory No
- 33580
Description
This type is known as the 'inflammable air' or spark eudiometer, in which the volume changes were produced by electric sparks. It was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1776. The spark was produced between the electrodes at the top. One has an iron cap to protect the top.
