Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus and components

maker:: Townson and Mercer

Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus, consisting of double retort stand, glass tube still, two flasks and bunsen burner by Townson & Mercer.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1905-103

type:: still

credit:: Record, Townson and Mercer Limited; Townson and Mercer Limited

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Double retort stand, glass tube still and two flasks from Dr

Still from Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus

Double retort stand, glass tube still and two flasks from Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus

(Only flask and wooden plinth found.)

Object Number:: 1905-103/1

type:: still

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bunsen burner from Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus

Bunsen burner from Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus

Bunsen burner by Townson & Mercer from Dr. Thorpe's revenue still apparatus

The Bunsen burner is named after Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899), who inspired the development of the laboratory burner which mixed gas and air before burning, in the mid-1850s. The Bunsen burner is shown here with a Hilger wavelength spectroscope (1981-151). It may have been used to set the spectroscope up for a demonstration.