Orsat-Muencke Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Louis Orsat (b. 1837) was a Frenchman who, in 1874, registered a patent for a device for analyzing the flue gases of locomotives. This version of Orsat's apparatus was developed by the Robert Muencke apparatus firm in Berlin.
label: Description
content: Ref: Charles Edward Groves and William Thorp, eds., <i>Chemical Technology</i> (Philadelphia, 1900), vol. 3, pp. 137-139.
label: Description
content: Henry Heil & Co., <i>Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List of Chemical Apparatus</i> (St. Louis, 1903), p. 47.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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.316412
label: catalog number
content: 316412
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gas analysis apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 21 in x 12 1/4 in x 5 in; 53.34 cm x 31.115 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 12 3/8 in x 7 in; 55.88 cm x 31.4325 cm x 17.78 cm