Condensing Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Condensing tubes are used to cool and liquify vapors. The general form did not originate with the German chemist, Justus von Liebig, but was often associated with him. The form of this particular tube was introduced in the 1880s by the German chemist, Felix Richard Allihn.
label: Description
content: Ref: Arthur H. Thomas, Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents (Philadelphia, 1921), p. 177.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315817.005
label: catalog number
content: 315817.005
label: accession number
content: 217523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Condensing Tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.8 cm x 10.2 cm x 3.3 cm; 5 13/16 in x 4 in x 1 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 10.4775 cm x 3.4925 cm