Apparatus for determining the empirical formula of organic compounds, 1820s-1830s

Made:
1820-1839 in South Kensington
maker:
Justus von Liebig and Science Museum, Workshops

Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis, 1831, includes greenwood framed tile

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1914-308
type:
combustion furnaces
credit:
Science Museum, Workshops

Parts

Bricks and charcoal on a baseboard representing the heating arrangement

Bricks and charcoal on a baseboard representing the heating arrangement

Bricks and charcoal on a baseboard representing the heating arrangement.

Measurements:
overall: 250 mm x 670 mm x 370 mm,
Object Number:
1914-308 Pt2
type:
brick
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis

Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis

Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis, 1831: bent glass tube with a series of spherical chambers.

Object Number:
1914-308 Pt3
type:
reproduction

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