Roll Over Image to Zoom ‹ Back to Collection

New Gazometer of the Philosophical Society of London.—2 to 4 DeVigne's Apparatus for Saturating Water with Gas.—5 and 6. Apparatus for Freezing Mercury

  • 1801
  • Engraved by J. Pass, after the drawing by Henry Lascelles
    Made in London
  • Plate: 9.5 x 7.5 in.
    Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
  • Not on display
  • Gift of Fisher Scientific International
  • Fisher Collection
  • FA 2000.001.187
  • No known copyright restrictions

Description

Plate IX of modern chemical apparatus from Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.

Inscription

Published as the Act directs March 9, 1801 by J. Wilkes

Search Our Online Collections

E-mail Print Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Arnold O. Beckman

CHF’s Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry was started with a generous grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 1987.

 

Distillations

Listen to the latest episodes of CHF’s award-winning science podcast.

 

Support CHF

Help us preserve and share the history of chemistry and related sciences. Make a tax-deductible donation online.

Meet the Othmers