Electrolysis Apparatus (replica)
notes: label: Description
content: In 1807, while working at the Royal Institution in London, Humphry Davy managed to isolate potassium from potash (aka potassium hydroxide). This is a replica of his apparatus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Science Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319401
label: catalog number
content: 319401
label: accession number
content: 237137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electrochemical apparatus (replica)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 2 3/4 in; x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: top: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 15.875 cm x 6.6675 cm