Glassblower's Torch
Unknown Maker
Germany
1880-1920
Tripod base of cast iron. Device mounted on base rotates 360 and moves side to side. Two gas jets, one marked "GAS" and the other "LUFT" on the valves. Opening at top has small pinhole inside two conically shaped pieces.
Overall: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34181
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Heat
Not on view
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 7, ill.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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