Nitrometer

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A nitrometer determines the amount of nitrogen in a substance. Walter Crum, a practical chemist in Glasgow, published an account of the nitrogen reaction in 1847. George Lunge, a German chemist working in Zurich, described a practical nitrometer in 1878.

Ref: Walter Crum, “On a Method for the Analysis of Bodies containing Nitric Acid, and its application to Explosive Cotton,” Philosophical Magazine 30 (1847): 426-431.

W. C. Cope and J. Barab, “Application of the Nitrometer for the Determination of Constitution and Estimation of Nitrogen in a Class of Nitrocompounds (Nitroamines),” Journal of the American Chemical Society 38 (1916): 2552-2558.

Developer: Lunge, Georg

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Barbara A. Keppel

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0311.268Accession Number: 1985.0311Catalog Number: 1985.0311.268

Object Name: Nitrometer

Measurements: overall: 52.7 cm; 20 3/4 inoverall: 20 3/4 in x 4 in x 3/4 in; 52.705 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.905 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ed87-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1074

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