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Geissler Tube

Inventory Number 22659


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.22659

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. G. Freeman Esq. in 1991. Associated with J.D. Freeman
Object type
Geissler tube
Dimensions
Diameter: 75mm Height: 115mm Weight: 106g
Inventory No
22659
Accession Number
1991-13

Description

Chemical Apparatus. Cylindrical metal tin with removable lid. Contains Glass Geissler tube with candle-shaped ends padded with two pieces of cotton. The Geissler tube has two glass spouts, one on the central section and one on one end and an internal glass structure with two ovals. Each end has a metal cap with a loop and a rod that extends into the tube. The inside of each end cap is painted red. The central section of the tube contains a transparent yellow liquid with an air bubble.