Bladder Glass
Bladder Glass
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- This heavy glass vessel open at both ends is designed for use with an air pump. When the air is evacuated, a bladder (or hand) put over the top opening will be drawn into the vessel. The form has been used for physics demonstrations since the eighteenth century. This example came from the University of Virginia.
- Ref: George Adams, A Catalogue of Optical, philosophical, and mathematical instruments (London, [1765]), p. 8.
- G. P. Quackenbos, A Natural Philosophy (New York, 1860), pp. 180-181.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bladder glass
- Bladder Glass
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 13.97 cm
- overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 19.3675 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- PH.323379
- catalog number
- 323379
- accession number
- 251562
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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