Accession No

1941.3

Brief Description

pair of Magdeburg hemispheres, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

physics

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1894

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

together height 252mm; diameter 80mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in 1974. It is recorded in the Cavendish Laboratory's 1894 alphabetical catalogue of apparatus on p.87.

Inscription

Description Notes

Pair of Magdeburg hemispheres, both with handles. One hemisphere also carries a tap, and the handle can be unscrewed to allow the hemisphere to be attached to a vacuum pump.

Condition good; complete.

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