Accession No

4594

Brief Description

heat absorption apparatus, by Carl Zeiss, German, 20th Century

Origin

Germany; Jena

Maker

Carl Zeiss

Class

laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

wood; glass; metal (steel); liquid

Dimensions

height 425mm; breadth 325mm; depth 225mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, on 23/01/1997.

Inscription

‘CARL ZEISS
JENA’ (base)

Description Notes

Spherical colourless glass flask 180 mm diameter, with glass stopper, filled with colourless fluid. Supported in pale varnished wooden stand. Black painted vertical board with circular hole which fits around flask.

Condition good; complete.

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