Brass cylindrical exhausting chamber

Made:: 1761 in Fleet Street

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Brass cylindrical exhausting chamber, with glass ends, on tap with base, with adjustable hook.

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Category:: King George III

Object Number:: 1927-1326

credit:: King's College, London

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Cylindrical condensing chamber

Brass cylindrical condenser, made by George Adams, Fleet Street, London, 1761

Condensing vessel for air at high pressure. This condenser was used for demonstrations carried out in air at greater than atmospheric pressure. The body of the cylinder is made of brass; the two ends are of brass with plano-convex windows of glass. This instrument was made by George Adams for use with the air pump that he made for King George III.