Lavoisier Gazometer (replica)
notes: label: Description
content: Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1789) was a French chemist who, by introducing precise measurements, played a major role in the chemical revolution of the eighteenth century. He used a gasometer to study the composition of materials by burning them, collecting the gases emitted, and weighing each substance.
label: Description
content: This replica of Lavoisier’s gasometer was made in France for display at the Seattle World’s Fair of 1962. It is based on an illustration in his <i>Traité Élementaire de Chimie</i> (Paris, 1789), pp. 346-360.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330605
label: catalog number
content: 330605
label: accession number
content: 294580
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lavoisier balance (parts)
label: Object Name
content: Lavoisier Gazometer (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: pan: 43 cm; x 16 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: weight: 9.2 cm x 12.8 cm x 20.3 cm; 3 5/8 in x 5 1/16 in x 8 in
label: Measurements
content: inner tank: 68.5 cm x 51 cm; 26 15/16 in x 20 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: tank: 67.5 cm x 63.5 cm; 26 9/16 in x 25 in
label: Measurements
content: tube: 3/8 in; x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 230 cm x 71 cm x 112 cm; 90 9/16 in x 27 15/16 in x 44 1/8 in