Blowpipe
notes: label: Description
content: A blowpipe is used to direct a jet of air into a flame in order to produce a high heat. The form was used for practical purposes for many years before it became a tool of the chemist. This form was favored by the British chemist, Joseph Black (1728-1799).
label: Description
content: Ref: John Griffin, A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe (Glasgow, 1827), p. 10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0708.13
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0708.13
label: accession number
content: 1981.0708
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blowpipe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 215 mm x 700 mm x 19 mm; 8 7/16 in x 27 9/16 in x 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 13/16 in; 21.74875 cm x 6.985 cm x 2.06375 cm