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Aurora flask
Pear-shaped glass vessel with central brass spike and threaded brass collar, covered by a cap. The outer half of the flask is covered with lead foil (originally tin foil).This device was used to simulate the aurora borealis phenomenon. The flask was connected to an air pump and partially evacuated. [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- electrical engineering
Type of item
- Aurora flask
- electron tubes
Medium
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
- late 18th cent.
- 1800
- 1781
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:414056
Extent
- total height 275 mm, max. diameter 94 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/AirPump.html
Year
- 1781
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy