Lavoisier's Apparatus

Description

An apparatus used by Lavoisier to heat mercury (Hg) so that mercury oxide (HgO) could be obtained.

Keywords

Hg, Lavoisier, Mercury

Galleries

Chemistry Apparatus

Source:

Brownlee, Raymond B., Fuller, Robert W., Hancock, William J., Sohon, Michael D., Whitsit, Jesee E. First Principles of Chemistry (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1907) 5

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman