Lithium wire in rock oil

Made:: 1856-1885

maker:: Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

Glass tube with metal cap containing lithium wire in rock oil

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Glass tube with metal cap containing lithium wire in rock oil
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Glass tube with metal cap containing lithium wire in rock oil, prepared by Bunsen, one of a set of seven specimens of elements prepared by Bunsen and Matthiesen, 1856-1885

Details

Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1915-315 Pt1

Materials:: glass, lithium and oil (unspecified)

Measurements:: overall: 200 x 100 x 200 mm (approximate)

type:: chemical specimen

credit:: Tilden, Sir William Augustus

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