Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Components from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887, pump, metal holder with two clamps, flat metal three-legged stand, and circular wooden holder with curved metal arm; steel cylinder with hexagonal top; two metal cylinders, one grey and one brass-coloured with a flared top; and a metal pole

Components from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Components from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887, pump, metal holder with two clamps, flat metal three-legged stand, and circular wooden holder with curved metal arm; steel cylinder with hexagonal top; two metal cylinders, one grey and one brass-coloured with a flared top; and a metal pole

Measurements:: overall: 1000 mm x 850 mm x 710 mm,

Object Number:: 1887-148 Pt1

type:: component

Components from Louis Cailletet's Apparatus for the Liquefaction of Oxygen

A Pump, metal holder with two clamps, flat metal three-legged stand, and circular wooden holder with curved metal arm from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887

Measurements:: overall; crate: 620 mm x 840 mm x 620 mm,

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1887-148 Pt1/1

type:: component

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1887-148 Pt1

Steel cylinder from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Steel cylinder with hexagonal top from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 100 mm x 720 mm,

Object Number:: 1887-148 Pt1/2

type:: cylinder

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1887-148 Pt1

Components from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Two metal cylinders, one painted grey and one in copper with a flared top; a metal rod, and a metal pole from Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887

Measurements:: Rod: 20 mm x 790 mm x 60 mm,
Copper cylinder: 660 mm x 160 mm x 120 mm,
Pole: 1270 mm, 70 mm,
Grey cylinder: 550 mm 70 mm,

Object Number:: 1887-148 Pt1/3

type:: component

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1887-148 Pt1

Rectangular wooden tabletop on metal legs, three-legged circular metal stand with large circular hoop at bottom and smaller circular hoop at top, three-legged wooden stand with square pole and circular top covered in a ring of green fabric, and a box of metal and experimental glassware for Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887

Components of Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Rectangular wooden tabletop on metal legs, three-legged circular metal stand with large circular hoop at bottom and smaller circular hoop at top, three-legged wooden stand with square pole and circular top covered in a ring of green fabric, and a box of metal and experimental glassware for Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887

Measurements:: overall: 340 mm x 700 mm x 460 mm,

Object Number:: 1887-148 Pt2

type:: component

Stands for Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen

Rectangular wooden tabletop on metal legs, three-legged circular metal stand with large circular hoop at bottom and smaller circular hoop at top, and three-legged wooden stand with square pole and circular top covered in a ring of green fabric for Louis Cailletet's apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen, 1887