Mercury air pump

designer:: J H Thomson

Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson to work automatically by means of a water pump

Details

Category:: Vacuum Technology

Object Number:: 1908-132

type:: mercurial air pump

credit:: Thomson, M.S.

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Main part of Mercury air pump

Main part of Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson to work automatically by means of a water pump

Object Number:: 1908-132/1

type:: mercurial air pump

Tray and various glass-work from Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson

Tray and various glass-work from Mercury air pump designed by the late Capt J.H. Thomson, unsigned, British, 1900-1908. The pump was designed to work automatically by means of a water pump.