Accession No

0065

Brief Description

Platinum press, 1829

Origin

England

Maker

Class

chemistry

Earliest Date

1829

Latest Date

1829

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (iron)

Dimensions

length 1330mm; breadth 120mm; height 605mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Wollaston collection - made for and used by W.H. Wollaston. Made in 1829 according to Gunther, Early Science in Cambridge

Inscription

Description Notes

Wooden plank supported on three legs (one at one end, two at the other). Carries iron bar down the centre of the plank. Hinged to this iron bar is a lever which moves a piston back and forth along the bar, for compressing platinum sample.

Condition poor; incomplete (cylindrical container for platinum missing - since pre 1930).

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