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Gas Furnace for Heating Tubes, English, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 54524


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54524

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mr A. C. Longland, J. P. of Abingdon
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
copper alloy
Dimensions
Height: 240mm Width: 60mm Depth: 195mm Weight: 590g
Inventory No
54524
Accession Number
1964-230

Description

These furnaces were first developed in the 1830s for gas. Made of sheet copper, in the formof a steeply pitched roof with adjustable tube supports at each end of the ridge. The gas tube enters at the base but there is no tap or inlet control.