Porosity Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: This porosity apparatus--also known as a filter (or filtering) cup--showed that, with sufficient pressure, mercury can be forced through wood. This example was purchased from Fortin & Hermann, in Paris, in 1830, for the use of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315753
label: catalog number
content: 315753
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: porosity apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.35 cm