Test tubes from Dr Bruce's chemistry set
Seven glass test tubes for chemistry set
Chemistry set in a mahogany case
- Made:
- 1900-1910 in United Kingdom
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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
- type:
- chemistry set
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
Parts
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
- 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
Litmus paper from Dr Bruce's chemistry set
Two tin boxes containing red and blue litmus paper
Two watch glasses from Dr Bruce's chemistry set
Two 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
- 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
Tripod stand for Dr Bruce's hemispherical dish
Tripod stand for hemispherical dish
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
- 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
Key to Dr Bruce's chemistry set
