Kipp Gas Generator
Kipp Gas Generator
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- Description
- Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808–1864) was a Dutch pharmacist who, in 1844, published designs for two simple gas generators that were blown for him by the master German glassblower Heinrich Geissler (1814–1879). The second of the two became the Kipp gas generator. His company, Kipp & Zonen, is still in business today, selling solar and scientific instruments.
- The "KIMAX" inscription indicates that this example is made of the borosilicate glass tht the Kimble Glass Co. introduced in 1956.
- Ref: “History - Kipp & Zonen,” http://www.kippzonen.com/History.
- Homburg, Ernst. “The Story behind the Name 4: Kipp’s Apparatus.” Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Newsletter, 2001.
- Sella, Andrea. “Classic Kit: Kipp’s Apparatus,” Chemistry World (November 2007).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Kipp Generator
- maker
- Kimble Glass Company
- Measurements
- overall: 46 cm x 20 cm; 18 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in
- ID Number
- CH.336675
- accession number
- 1978.0799
- catalog number
- 336675
- Credit Line
- Gift of McKinley Sr. High School
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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