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Description:

This U-shaped glass tube came from the Draper family. It may have been used to dry hydrogen gas, and may date from the mid-nineteenth century.

Ref: John Joseph Griffin, Chemical Recreations (Glasgow, 1847), p. 234.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CH.334004.041Catalog Number: 334004.041Accession Number: 304826

Object Name: Drying Tube

Measurements: overall: 105 mm x 53 mm x 16 mm; 4 1/8 in x 2 1/16 in x 5/8 inoverall: 4 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ee85-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_2672

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