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

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1914-308

type:: combustion furnaces

credit:: Science Museum, Workshops

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Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis, (includes greenwood framed tile - not seen), 1831.

Reproduction of Liebig's Combustion Furnace, 1831

Reproduction of Liebig's combustion furnace for organic analysis, (includes greenwood framed tile - not seen), 1831.

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 640 mm x 120 mm, 1.37kg

Materials:: steel (metal) , charcoal , glass , rubber (unidentified) , calcium chloride , cork , cotton cord and unknown white powder

Object Number:: 1914-308 Pt1

type:: reproduction and furnace

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, 1831: bent glass tube with a series of spherical chambers.

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