Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor

Made:: 1936-1938 in Hengelo

Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor
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Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor. Designed in 1936 at Amsterdam University under the direction of Dr A. Michels at the request of ICI (Alkali) Ltd.

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Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1977-259

Materials:: metal, brass, steel, paint and glass

Measurements:: overall: 1720 x 1330 x 950 mm

type:: ethylene

credit:: ICI Ltd. (Plastics Division)

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Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor

Mercury-sealed high-pressure ethylene compressor, designed by Dr Antonius Michels, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands, 1936. Designed at Amsterdam University at the of request of ICI (Alkali) Ltd

Measurements:: overall: 1720 x 1330 x 950 mm

Materials:: brass (alloy) , glass , metal (unknown) , paint and steel

Object Number:: 1977-259/1

type:: ethylene

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Component associated with mercury-sealed high-pressure ethylene compressor

Component associated with mercury-sealed high-pressure ethylene compressor, designed by Dr Antonius Michels, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands, 1936

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: 1977-259/2

type:: ethylene

Components and Panel for Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor

Metal components and panel for Michels' mercury-sealed high pressure ethylene compressor. 4 metal components with light green colour, 1 metal stick, 1 metal clamp ring with circular shape, 1 panel with description of Michels compressor in a wooden frame and a bag of bolts, washers, chains and small light green colour components.

Measurements:: Metal component: 300 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm,
Metal clamp ring: 30 mm x 420 mm x 335 mm,
Metal stick: 343 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm,
Panel: 270 mm x 375 mm x 170 mm,
Bag of bolts, washers and chains: 250 mm x 330 mm x 230 mm,