Aero liquid oxygen container

Aero liquid oxygen container, mark 1, serial number 22, in wicker basket cover, with Erichsen test sheet, by John Levick, Birmingham, England, 1914-1923. A vacuum flask with a capacity of 20 litres (equivalent to 15,800 litres of oxygen gas), used for transporting liquid oxygen to airfields from point of manufacture.

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
1923-1063
Materials:
copper and wicker
Measurements:
Dimensions entered
type:
container
credit:
Imperial War Museum

Parts

Liquid oxygen container

Liquid oxygen container

Aero liquid oxygen container, mark 1, serial number 22, in wicker basket cover, by John Levick, Birmingham, England, 1914-1923. A vacuum flask with a capacity of 20 litres (equivalent to 15,800 litres of oxygen gas), used for transporting liquid oxygen to airfields from point of manufacture.

Materials:
copper (metal) and wicker
Object Number:
1923-1063/1
type:
oxygen flask
Erichsen test sheet for liquid oxygen container

Erichsen test sheet for liquid oxygen container

Copper Erichsen test sheet with two hemispherical protrusions, associated with an aero liquid oxygen container, by John Levick, Birmingham, England, 1914-1923

Materials:
copper (metal)
Object Number:
1923-1063/2
type:
oxygen flask