20003-0001 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM (Paris France)
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Type:
instrument
Dimension:
H.: 57; Diam.: 14
Component's data
Thematic group:
Instruments
Type:
gasometer
Abstract:
Mercury gasometer. This special type of gasometer served to collect gases using mercury, a method that Lavoisier had adopted in 1774 and thanks to which he was able to identify, in that very same year, the chemical properties of oxygen.