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Description: | L.H.S.17. (old departmental catalogue number in aluminium paint, removed). MANU Unsigned. late 19th early 20th century This intermittent siphon sometimes called a Tantalus cup or philosophical toy siphon would have been suspended from a stand. The glass from which the body is made is of an unleaded type moulded in the shape of a bottle possibly a winchester with the bottom cut off and ground smooth. The siphon tube is of a leaded glass which fluoresces lime green under ultraviolet light. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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