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Plate 11 (Frontispiece): Gasometers; precipitating jars; air holders

  • Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry
  • 1824

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Depicts assorted gasometers (common and mercurial), as well as glass globes and receivers, precipitating jars, and air and gas funnels, holders, and bladders.

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Author
  • Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
Engraver
  • Adlard, Henry
Publisher
  • Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
Place of publication
  • England--London
Format
  • Image
Genre
  • Engravings
  • Rare books
Extent
  • 22 cm H
Language
  • English
Subject
  • Chemical apparatus
  • Chemistry
Rights Public Domain Mark 1.0
Credit line
  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Library
Collection
  • Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library
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Accum, Friedrich Christian. “Plate 11 (Frontispiece): Gasometers; Precipitating Jars; Air Holders.” In An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry. London, England: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1824. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/bv73c0445.

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