Mementoes of Lavoisier; notes on a trip to Chateau de la Caniere
From object
Shelfmark:
20058-0000
Type:
instrument
Dimension:
H.: 13; W.: 16; Mass: 160 g.
Component's data
Type:
mask
Abstract:
A thin sheet-iron mask to cover the face with perforated nose and mouth piece and circular glass eye pieces in protruding fixtures. This would seem to have been made for and used in the classic experiments on respiration and transpiration