overall: 33 cm x 26 cm x 20 cm; 13 in x 10 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in
Object Name:
Blowpipe and Furnace
Furnace
Amalgsm Carrier
Amalgam Carrier
Description (Brief):
This self-acting blowpipe was invented by dentist Jahiel Parmly a cousin of Dr. Eleazar Parmly with whom he apprenticed and assisted in his dental practice from about 1830 to 1840. The furnace is a tin box with a rounded hinged lid with a brass bale handle, and a hinged wall in the front. The back of the furnace has a row of circular vents. Inside the tin case two reservoirs for alcohol sit above and below a copper globe. It is also equipped with two burners, and each has its own extinguisher. The blowpipe and furnace were used for heating a piece of work before soldering and for melting metals for castings.
