Leveling Bulb
Leveling Bulb
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- Description (Brief)
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) used this leveling funnel bulb in his Northumberland, Pennsylvania laboratory. Priestley, the noted chemist whose accomplishments include the discovery of oxygen, was born in England. He lived and worked in Birmingham for many years, but his views as a Dissenter and an advocate of the French Revolution incited an angry mob into burning down his house and laboratory. In 1794 he fled to America, eventually settling in Northumberland, near Philadelphia. His great-great-granddaughter, Frances Priestley, donated his surviving laboratory ware to the Smithsonian in 1883.
- Source:
- National Museum of American History Accession File #13305
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bulb, leveling funnel
- bulb, leveling funnel
- used by
- Priestley, Joseph
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- opening on side: 12 mm; 1/2 in
- overall: 24 cm x 11.7 cm; 9 7/16 in x 4 5/8 in
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- CH.315356.25
- accession number
- 13305
- catalog number
- 315356.25
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Frances D. Priestley
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Chemistry
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Joseph Priestley
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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