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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

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  • Catalogs

    Vacuum distillation apparatuses

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Two vacuum distillation apparatuses with various components, including distillation flasks, thermometers, heating baths, vacuum tubes, as well as stands and clamps.

    Vacuum distillation is a method of distilling at…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Apparatuses for determining osmotic pressure and freezing point depression

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 2040. Differential tensimeter.
    B 2041. Storage rack with circular section for tensimeter.
    B 2052. Stirring device, mechanically operated by clockwork.
    B 2057. Reading device for thermometer.
    B 2060. Complete apparatus…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Apparatuses for water collection and extraction

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 4919. Water sampling apparatus, with bottles and tube for chemical, gas, and bacteriological analysis.
    B 4921. For removing river or seawater.
    B 4922. Flow-through water sampler suitable for all depths.
    B 4923. Winch…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Instruments for microscopy

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Ernst Leitz Wetzlar electric heating microscope stage warmers.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopy--Equipment and supplies, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Ernst Leitz (Wetzlar), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Microtomes

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Microtomes are used for cutting tissues into extremely thin sections, for preparation of samples in microscopy.

    B 5255. Sledge microtome for anatomical and bacteriological work.
    B 5261. Microtome with crank for all…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Microtomes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    R. Jung sledge microtomes

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Microtomes are used for cutting tissues into extremely thin sections, for preparation of samples in microscopy.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Microtomes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, R. Jung AG (Heidelberg), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    R. Winkel Göttingen microscope

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Microscope with achromatic objectives and Huygens eyepieces. Assembled with the "No. 2b" stand, for medium microscopes with lighting unit.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopes, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, R. Winkel GmbH (Göttingen), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    R. Winkel Göttingen microscope

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Microscope with achromatic objectives. Assembled with the "No. 1" stand, for large microscopes.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopes, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, R. Winkel GmbH (Göttingen), Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Ernst Leitz Wetzlar microscopes

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Oil immersion microscopes with various components and of different sizes.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopes, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus, Ernst Leitz (Wetzlar)
  • Catalogs

    Carl Zeiss Jena microscopes

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Two microscopes with choices of various components for complete assembly.

    B 5095. Sufficient for most bacteriological, histological, botanical, and zoological investigations.
    B 5099. For bacteriological work (equipment…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopes, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Franz Schmidt & Haensch spectrophotometer and spectroscopes

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913
    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Spectrophotometer, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Chemical apparatus, Spectroscope
  • Catalogs

    Franz Schmidt & Haensch polarimeters

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Polarimeters are used to measure the angle of rotation of a beam of light passing through an optically active substance.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Polarimetry--Instruments, Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Chemical apparatus, Polariscope
  • Catalogs

    Instruments for measuring radioactivity

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 2282. Electrometer for radioactive measurements.
    B 2285. Fontactoscope, an electroscope for measuring the radioactivity of water and gases.
    B 2300. Electrometer with internal amber insulation.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Radioactivity--Measurement, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus, Electrometer, Electroscope
  • Catalogs

    Apparatuses for determining boiling point elevation and freezing point depression

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 2106. Precision apparatus for determining freezing point depression.
    B 2107. For determining freezing point depression for clinical purposes.
    B 2108. For determining freezing point depression for very small…

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Equipment for water distillation and general laboratory work

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 185. Combination water distillation unit with drying cabinet and sand bath for gas heating.

    Also pictured are evaporating flask and dishes made of glass and metal.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Respiration apparatus

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    Portable universal respiration apparatus, according to specifications from Professor Francis Gano Benedict.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Benedict, Francis Gano, 1870-1957, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Artificial respiration--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus
  • Catalogs

    Water distillation apparatuses

    • Part of Preis-Verzeichnis über Apparate und Gerätschaften für alle Laboratoriums-Arbeiten im Gebiet der Biochemie [Price-List on Apparatuses and Equipment for All Laboratory Work in the Fields of Biochemistry]
    • 1913

    B 181. Automatic, for gas heating, coal or wood firing.
    B 183. Fully automatic, with copper interior and steam heating.

    • Creator Of Work Vereinigte Fabriken für Laboratoriumsbedarf (Berlin)
    • Subject Distillation apparatus, Chemical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biological laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Chemical apparatus

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