Drying Tube
notes: label: Description
content: This U-shaped glass tube on a wooden stand came from the Draper family. It may have been used to dry hydrogen gas, and may date from the mid-nineteenth century.
label: Description
content: Ref: John Joseph Griffin, <i>Chemical Recreations</i> (Glasgow, 1847), p. 234.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334004.039
label: catalog number
content: 334004.039
label: accession number
content: 304826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drying Tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 105 mm x 53 mm x 16 mm; 4 1/8 in x 2 1/16 in x 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 7.14375 cm x 5.08 cm