Eleven Useful Additions to a Wizard's Laboratory (CWH)

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A wizard's laboratory typically includes a variety of books, crucibles, flasks, jars, tripods, herbs, and even a skeleton or two. Following are several less common but extremely useful items that might be found in an especially well-furnished laboratory. The cost of each item is given in parentheses,
==1. Granite Table Top==
This is an ordinary desk with a top made of polished granite or quartzite to resist staining and damage from acids and other potent substances. (150 gp)
==2. Glass Mask==
This is a face mask made of glass designed to protect the wizard from inhaling poisonous fumes and to protect his face from splashed chemicals. (10 gp)
==3. Alchemist's Globe==
This 3-foot-diameter glass globe separates into two sections. When assembled, the sections form a tight seal that prevents air from entering. Items and substances can be locked inside the globe to isolate them from outside conditions. Small and large globes are available. (150-250 gp)
==4. Athanor==
A small furnace consisting of an oven and a deep pan of sifted ashes. Substances to be heated are placed in a sealed container and covered in ashes for slow, even heating. (80 gp)
==5. Descensory Furnace==
This is a medium-sized furnace primarily used for heating liquids. The liquid is poured down a funnel on the top which runs into a container in the belly of the furnace. (100 gp)
==6. Heat Bath==
This is a small furnace holding a deep pan of water containing metal rings to hold variously sized flasks and tubes. The substance to be dissolved is placed in a glass tube, which in turn is placed in an appropriately-sized ring in the pan. The furnace gradually heats the water and thus the substance. (75 gp)
==7. Dung Bed==
This item consists of a box made of glass or other non-flammable material with a tight-fitting lid. The box is filled with hot dung or clean, dry sand. Treated substances are placed in the dung bed to keep them warm. (25 gp)
==8. Analytical Balance==
An extremely precise scale for weighing solid materials, the balance is sensitive enough to distinguish a blank piece of paper from a paper with writing on it. To keep it dust-free, the balance is covered with a glass case. (400 gp)
==9. Burette==
This is a thick tube with a valve on one end used to measure liquids precisely. (1 gp)
==10. Filter Paper==
This is a specially treated paper that filters solids from liquids. A funnel is lined with the paper, then the liquid to be filtered is poured in the funnel. Solid material will not pass through the paper. (1 gp/10 sheets)
==11. Hand Centrifuge==
This is a machine consisting of several rings for holding test tubes with a hand pump on the top. Test tubes filled with liquids are placed in the rings, then the wizard rapidly works the pump, causing the tubes to spin in a circle. The spinning causes the heavier substances in the tubes to sink to the bottom, while the lighter substances remain near the top of the tube. (100 gp)