"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Made:
1891-1910

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900

Details

Category:
Science Teaching
Object Number:
1980-451
type:
cabinet
credit:
Delehar, P.

Parts

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900. Wooden cabinet with brass fittings. Internally includes several attached parts including 3 wooden platforms, a glass belljar apparatus, a burner covered with glass tubing, and 4 brass apparatti. Contains a small key in the keyhole.

Measurements:
overall: 520 mm x 450 mm x 200 mm,
Object Number:
1980-451/1
type:
cabinet
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet pamphlet with practical instructions for experiments.

Object Number:
1980-451/2
type:
cabinet
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Glass tube with model diver inside described as a 'Lilliputlian Diver'. Located on the right door panel of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/3
type:
cabinet
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Glass tube with bulbous pointed top listed as 'Water Hammer' in pamphlet containing water. Located on the left door panel of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/4
type:
cabinet
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Glass tube with inserted cap containing silver liquid confirmed to be mercury. Located on the left door panel of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/5
type:
tube
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Glass tube with inserted cap containing red liquid described as 'Prepared Oil'. Located on the left door panel of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/6
type:
tube
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Brass stand for experiments consisting of two rings connected by three straight bars. Part of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/7
type:
equipment
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Brass oval shaped handle. Part of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/8
type:
equipment
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Brass oval shaped handle attached to half spherical cap. Part of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/9
type:
equipment
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Circular wooden part with complete rim. Presumably a stand. Part of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/11
type:
equipment
"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

"Boreas" pneumatic cabinet

Brass box with sticker reading 'small accessories for use with the "Boreas" Cabinet' containing paper, rag, and small circular card box. Part of the "Boreas" pneumatic cabinet by Parkins and Gotto. Ca 1900.

Object Number:
1980-451/12
type:
equipment