Accession No

3295

Brief Description

iron filing shaker, 19th or 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1960

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron, tin)

Dimensions

height 143mm; diameter 96mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 11/1985.

Inscription

Description Notes

Iron filing shaker consisting of a can with holes in the bottom and a lid with central knob. Set in larger can.

Condition fair (some corrosion to both cans); incomplete (lid missing from larger can).

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