Blowpipe
notes: label: Description
content: A blowpipe is used to direct a jet of air into a flame in order to produce a high heat. The form was used for practical purposes for many years before it became a tool of the chemist.
label: Description
content: Ref: John Griffin, A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe (Glasgow, 1827), p. 10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.038
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.038
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blowpipe
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in; .635 cm x .635 cm x 26.035 cm