cylindrical liquid cell
Date: 1850-1900
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0512
Classification: Liquid Cell
Dimensions:metal collar: 2.5 × 7.8 × 4.2 cm (1 × 3 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
glass tube: 4.9 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm (1 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
glass disk: 3.6 × 3.6 × 0.2 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
Description:
This liquid cell made by a cylinder of glass cemented to a disk of glass. (The cement has given way, and the two are no longer attached.) The upper inner edge of the cylinder is frosted glass.
There is a brass bracket for holding the cell. It loops around the cell and is tightened with a knurled screw.