overall: 621 mm x 63 mm x 25 mm; 24 7/16 in x 2 1/2 in x in
Object Name:
Condensing Tube
Place made:
United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield
Description:
Condensing tubes are used to cool and liquify vapors. The form did not originate with the German chemist, Justus von Liebig, but was often associated with him. Particularly long and narrow tubes were termed "West." The "Made of Pyrex resistant glass / by S.G.A. Co." inscription on this example is that of The Scientific Glass Apparatus Co., a Bloomfield, New Jersey firm that was founded in 1918.
