Retort
notes: label: Description
content: A retort is a vessel used for distillation, usually of less volatile liquids. During the eighteenth century it, like many other types of laboratory ware, became standardized. Often made of glass, the vessel is spherical or sometimes tear-shaped, with a long downward pointing neck. The distillate condenses at the top of the neck and flows down to be collected in a receiver, usually a short-necked round-bottomed flask.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Department of Defense, U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316467.077
label: catalog number
content: 316467.077
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: retort
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.8 cm x 8.6 cm; 18 1/16 in x 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 45.72 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.5725 cm