Accession No

5244.166

Brief Description

tapered test tube, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Class

chemistry; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1959

Inscription Date

Material

glass

Dimensions

25mm (diameter), 110mm (height)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Description Notes

Tapered test tube, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s.

This pointed test tube is likely a (relatively large) centrifuge tube.

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