Orsat-Muencke Apparatus
Orsat-Muencke Apparatus
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- Description
- Louis Orsat (b. 1837) was a Frenchman who, in 1874, registered a patent for a device for analyzing the flue gases of locomotives. This version of Orsat's apparatus was developed by the Robert Muencke apparatus firm in Berlin.
- Ref: Charles Edward Groves and William Thorp, eds., Chemical Technology (Philadelphia, 1900), vol. 3, pp. 137-139.
- Henry Heil & Co., Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List of Chemical Apparatus (St. Louis, 1903), p. 47.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- gas analysis apparatus
- Measurements
- case: 21 in x 12 1/4 in x 5 in; 53.34 cm x 31.115 cm x 12.7 cm
- overall: 22 in x 12 3/8 in x 7 in; 55.88 cm x 31.4325 cm x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- CH.316412
- catalog number
- 316412
- accession number
- 223721
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Department of Defense, U.S. Military Academy
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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