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Measure, Liquid

Object Name:
Measure, Liquid
Object ID:
2003.021.02
Date:
1853-1900
Description:
Conical copper container for use with gas calorimeter. Vertical soldered seam. Soldered bottom piece. Rolled top edge, soldered on outside. Corrosion on inside, to height of 5", apparently from liquid. Fits on balance (2003.021.01).
Material:
Metal
Copper
Dimensions:
H-15.3 Dia-9.4 inches
Provenance:
Belonged to donor's father, Charles R. Prichard, Jr., president and chairman of Gas Service, Inc., which bought the Nashua gas works property from Public Service Co. in 1945. The calorimeter was found in the gas plant at that time.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan Prichard Cudhea in memory of Charles R. Prichard, Jr.
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