Instruments & Innovation

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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

Various distilling apparatus
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
4880a. For purifying mercury, U. S. Weather Bureau pattern.
4881. With central condenser, suitable for nitrogen, alcohol etc.
4882. For the recovery of volatile solvents used in extraction.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Toepler-Holtz electrical machine
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Electrostatic induction device with plates and electrodes.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Galvanic batteries
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Devices converting chemical reactions to electric energy.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electric batteries, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Absorption apparatus
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Various apparatus and pipettes for absorption and determination of gases.

5273. For estimation of methane, with platinum spiral.
5274. For determination of oxygen by the exact method.
5280. Palladium Tube.
5282.…
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Lecture apparatus
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Image 5594: "Apparatus for the simultaneous electrolytical decomposition of water, hydrochloric acid and ammonia."
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Various gas burners
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
4591. Burner, "Vulcan Stove".
4599. Burner, Bunsen, with attachment for holding flasks.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Bunsen burner, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Gas-burners, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Various batteries
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
4235. Battery, so-called "Crowfoot".
4237. Battery, Leclanche.
4238. Battery, Dipping.
4240. Battery, Type "S" Cell.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electric batteries, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Various potash bulbs
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Glass bulbs when filled with a potassium hydroxide solution are used for the absorption of carbon dioxide in chemical analysis. Types of potash bulbs depicted here include: Geissler's, Geissler-Wetzel's, Alvergnat's,…
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs

Various distilling apparatus
- Part of Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific Apparatus, Chemical Glassware and Laboratory Supplies
- 1910s – circa
Various distilling apparatus: Axtell's, Krafft & Noerdlinger's, Muencke's, Bruehl's.
- Creator Of Work Emil Greiner Company
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer, General Assembly of Parts
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer, general assembly of parts.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 1
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 1. Burette with funnel top, 50 ml in 1/10 ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Attachments
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer attachments: reservoir bulb, manifold, and support used on universal tube.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 4
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 4. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock, 0-75 ml bulb capacity, 75-100 graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 2
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 2. Burette with 3 way stopcock. 50 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Distillation Flask
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

200 ml. Distillation Flask. Round bottom. Largely used in the distillation of aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic chemical…
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Distillation apparatus, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Burette No. 3
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Burette No. 3. Burette with bulb and 3 way stopcock. 0-50 ml bulb capacity, 50-100 ml graduated in 1/10th ml.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Burettes, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Reaction Bulb and Compensating Tube
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometers, reaction bulb and compensating tube.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometer Hooks
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Nitrometer Hooks.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Nitrometers, Nitrocotton and Universal
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

DuPont Nitrometer. Used to measure and collect nitrogen from a chemical reaction.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Mohr Pipettes
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Mohr Pipettes. Invented by Karl Friedrich Mohr.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pipettes, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus
Catalogs, Charts, diagrams, etc

Specifications for Volumetric Flasks
- 1922
From Manufacturing Chemists' Association Catalog for Standard Laboratory Apparatus, Part 1.

Volumetric Flasks. Flat bottom, glass-stoppered and unstoppered.
- Contributor Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)
- Publisher Eimer & Amend
- Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.), Chemical apparatus

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