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Alembic dome
Like items inv. 3779, inv. 3780 and inv. 3781, this is a part of an instrument for distillation, one of the fundamental operations in alchemy and chemistry. The dome (or hat) is the upper part of the alembic, serving as a cover and collecting the vapors produced by distillation. This specimen dates [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Alembic
- alembics
Medium
- glass
- Glass
- glass (material)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 18th cent.
- 17XX
- 1800
- 1701
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:420003
Extent
- length 100 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/Alchemy.html
Year
- 1701
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy