Chemistry set in a mahogany case

Made:: 1900-1910 in United Kingdom

maker:: Unknown

Chemistry set in mahogany case, probably English, 1900-1910
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Chemistry set in mahogany case, probably English, 1900-1910, owned by Dr. A. Bruce, Edinburgh

All the equipment necessary to carry out a range of chemical experiments and research is contained in this set. The case includes test tubes, a measuring cylinder, filter papers and funnel, litmus paper, a pestle, a burette, and chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, egg albumen and copper sulphate.

This chemistry set was owned and used by Alexander Ninian Bruce, a Scottish physician and neurologist, who studied for his undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Edinburgh from 1901 to 1911. A prize has been set up in his name at the Royal Society in Edinburgh for research in Medical or Veterinary Physiology, awarded to someone working in a Scottish Higher Education Institution.

Details

Category:: Laboratory Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602461

Materials:: box, mahogany, box, felt, bottles & test tubes, glass, pipette and burner, glass, dish, china and boxes, tin

Measurements:: box: length 320 mm
box: width 170 mm
box: height 140 mm

type:: chemistry set

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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Parts

Test tubes from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Seven glass test tubes for chemistry set

Measurements:: overall (largest tube): 134 mm x 19 mm, 0.01 kg
overall (seven tubes): 0.042 kg

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A602461 Pt1

type:: test tubes

Chemical bottles from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Six glass bottles from chemistry set containing ether, Lugol's solution, ferric perchloride solution, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and one empty (unlabelled) brown glass

Measurements:: overall (Lugol's solution): 122 mm x 23 mm x 38 mm, 0.102 kg
overall (brown empty bottle): 100 mm x 36 mm x 36 mm, 0.114 kg
overall (six bottles): 0.474 kg

Materials:: ether , lugol's solution , ferric perchloride solution , acetic acid , hydrogen peroxide , not recorded , glass , paper (fibre product) and rubber (unidentified)

Object Number:: A602461 Pt2

type:: bottles

Funnel and filters from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Glass filter funnel with twenty filter papers

Measurements:: overall (funnel): 95 mm x 54 mm, 0.028 kg
overall (20 filters stuck together): 7 mm x 70 mm, 0.004 kg

Materials:: funnel, glass and papers, paper

Object Number:: A602461 Pt3

type:: filter funnels

Litmus paper from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Two tin boxes containing red and blue litmus paper

Measurements:: overall (blue tin box): 20 mm 39 mm, 0.01 kg
overall (red tin box): 16 mm 39 mm, 0.01 kg

Materials:: paper , tin (metal) and paint

Object Number:: A602461 Pt4

type:: boxes

Two watch glasses from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Two watch glasses

Measurements:: overall (each): 7 mm 51 mm, 0.004 kg

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A602461 Pt5

type:: watch glasses

Sample phials from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Six sample phials containing sodium nitrate, egg albumen, unknown (maroon), copper sulphate, unknown (white), methyl orange

Measurements:: overall (individual phial): 41 mm 8 mm, 0.002 kg
overall (5 phials): 0.012 kg

Materials:: sodium nitrate , egg albumen , copper sulphate , not recorded , methyl orange , glass , cork and materia medica

Object Number:: A602461 Pt6

type:: sample tubes

Stirring rod from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Glass stirring rod

Measurements:: overall: 22 mm x 21 mm .042 kg

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A602461 Pt7

type:: stirring rods

Glass pipette from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Glass pipette with ground tap and stopper

Measurements:: overall: 30 mm x 230 mm x 40 mm, 0.07 kg

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A602461 Pt8

type:: pipettes

Evaporating dish from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Ceramic hemispherical evaporating dish

Measurements:: overall: 50 mm x 98 mm x 102 mm, 0.074 kg

Materials:: china

Object Number:: A602461 Pt9

type:: dishes

Tripod stand for Dr Bruce's hemispherical dish

Tripod stand for hemispherical dish

Measurements:: overall (individual tripod leg): 17 mm x 30 mm x 134 mm, 0.028 kg
overall (tripod plate): 3 mm x 108 mm, 0.078 kg
overall: 0.166 kg

Materials:: legs, brass and top, brass

Object Number:: A602461 Pt10

type:: tripod stands

Oil burner from Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Burner for use with dish and tripod stand

Measurements:: overall: 61 mm x 68 mm x 57 mm, 0.058 kg

Materials:: glass , cotton and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: A602461 Pt11

type:: burners

Box for chemistry set

Box for chemistry set, probably English, 1900-1910, owned by Dr. A. Bruce, Edinburgh

Measurements:: overall (box open): 140 mm x 318 mm x 336 mm,
overall (box closed): 155 mm x 318 mm x 168 mm, 1.572 kg

Materials:: mahogany (wood) , felt , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A602461 Pt12

type:: cases

Tin of Congo-Red litmus paper

Tin of 'Congo-red' litmus paper, in ribbon-form, sufficient for 100 tests. Registered number: 69419.

Materials:: tin (metal) , cellulose & cellulose products and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: A602461 Pt13

type:: litmus paper

Key to Dr Bruce's chemistry set

Materials:: metal

Object Number:: A602461 Pt14

type:: key - hardware

Glass lid

Glass cap

Object Number:: A602461 Pt15

type:: pot lid