Mystery Glassware Identification Thread

Quote: Originally posted by PirateDocBrown

That kind of funnel/flask is an iodine flask. It's meant to be used to determine the degree of unsaturation of fats and oils.

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

Exhibit B No ground glass -- I guess it is designed for rubber stoppers. I guess you could add a straight tube and you would have a liebig. But is that the intent? Every application I have thought of comes just shy of being properly useful.

Unknown glasware

Maybe somebody know something about this..

Today I happened to come across a box of glass in a second hand charity store, eyeing the contents I was thrilled to find several Burettes, Pipet tea, flasks, a Mari-jet water aspirator, loads of borosilicate tubing and solid rods. Got it at a good price 40$. One burette alone is that much so a bargain. There was one thing that stood out as unusual. It is a long glass tube 1m long with removable adapters at each end one side has hose barbs and the other was an adjustable spray nozzle. The whole box was donated by a retired chemist so it must have some kind of use in chemistry. Not sure what though.



[Edited on 8-1-2018 by NeonPulse]

This thing really reminds me of a Mcleod gauge, but not quite.
Is this just another form of vacuum gauge, or something else?

Quote: Originally posted by SWIM

Kinda looks like a UV reactor, but not quite. (One on the left) Do those 3 necks all access the same chamber, or do they access both the inside and the jacket adjacent?

Here is an odd thing that I have, not sure what it for, it is a non-equilibrated addition funnel with a water coil going through it. Not sure if intended as a way to heat or cool something being added to a flask, or maybe a weird condenser that could be used as part of a Dean Stark type trap or what. It is also in 29/42 both ends.

If anyone can tell me what it is for for, they can buy it cheap. :-)

I have a lot of stuff like this that I am slowly trying to figure out what it is, so I can try to sell it or find it a good home. I'm slowly trying to catch up with some of the pile of stuff, there is so much odd stuff here.

Some odd glassware in an auction lot with bidding soon to be expired

So I am looking at an auction lot and, as usually, the images look like they were taken with a 1992 cell phone, inside a sock as a filter. I just can't understand how about 70%+ of these major liquidation auctions (selling stuff to pay creditors) can't get clear pictures but they'll take 10 blurry pics of the same item when one clear pic would be better than the entire 10!

The original resolution of these pics is 480 x 320! IDK if a lower resolution is possible...

So I'm trying to identify what is in these pictures and some are pretty easy to identify but some are a little more ambiguous especially the last 2 pictures.
Top shelf looks like mostly erlenmeyer flasks, some with vacuum take-offs and some beakers. Bottom is volumetric flasks, grad cylinders, dessicant chamber, test tube rack & more flasks


top shelf: More erlenmeyer flasks (250ml or maybe 400 or 500ml??)
Bottom shelf. Curious what is in the cardboard! some crystalization dishes, small beakers and flasks, a large beaker in the back (probably 2 - 3L and some nice parafilm. What is to the right of the cardboard boxes, they look like rullers but IDK why those would be there - is there something that is similar to this in chem equipment?


The top shelf has a lot of long glassware which I'm not sure what it is at all, maybe volumetric pipettes? Suggestions here are greatly appreciated!
On the bottom shelf, the wrapped item in the back is impossible to distinguish but towards the left in the very back (not in circle) there looks to be a glass tube, maybe more pipettes. Then the device in the circle on the bottom.


lots of lab stands and accessories and possibly some measured pumping dispensers. I have no experience with these and an wondering what value these have.

Moin,
does anyone know what this is? Bought it from ebay with other glassware and i dont have a clue what it could be.

I saw these used in an apparatus for running a biochemical reaction that produced/or used some gas or other. I can't recall any more specifics about it (this was ca. 55-60 years ago and my memory fails me ).

I just got a few pieces in a lot that I'm not sure what they are.


IDK what the thing is on the bottom, I think it is a condenser of some kind. The part on the right (in pic) is the top and it is open so that maybe something can drip into it, fall to the bottom, then the liquid would flow up the curled tubing and out the side middle but it also has a port/connection (2nd from right in pic) that would allow to feed with tube or over-flow - maybe there needs to be a cap/lid then the coil would be sealed. The outer jacket has 3 ports the top two on each side and one on the bottom.


Have no clue. Was told it might be a "freeze dryer" it is very thick, has an inverted cone on the inside (could be used to fill with water liquid for cooling?) then the 4 female joints on the bottom and the bottom male joint bottom dead center.







I'm guessing this is just a hose manifold for either liquids or vacuum.


This is very similar to the above unit but is smaller, has 3 female joints on the side and a female joint bottom dead center.





This is the view of above unit from top showing inverted cone. The larger one looks basically like this as well.


Bunch of odd pieces of glassware, most have many joints for liquid or vacuum.





Have absolutely no idea what this is. It's about 3ft tall. It does say "don't wash with organic solvent" because it the base and top screw cap are made of acrylic/polycarbonate and some other white plastic on top.








These are upside down, the bottom (in the pic) is open and can hold fluid. I think these look like cold traps somewhat


Not sure what the top item is. It looks like it has an aerator on the bottom or it is a pad, it screws into a bottle


Maybe some kind of glass mortar & pestle. It's called a "glass homogenizer" but IDK if it is for liquids or solids.

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose

Maybe some kind of glass mortar & pestle. It's called a "glass homogenizer" but IDK if it is for liquids or solids.

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose

Maybe some kind of glass mortar & pestle. It's called a "glass homogenizer" but IDK if it is for liquids or solids.

Any ideas?
It's a a glass frit, but doesn't seem like a filter... maybe it's for filtering gases or something?





Thanks.

A friend of mine picked this up for me at a thrift shop type place for $6. It looks like a thistle tube with a stopcock but why the vacuum take off barb? Has any one seen or used one like this before?

Vosoryx

Quote: Originally posted by Vosoryx

Any ideas? It's a a glass frit, but doesn't seem like a filter... maybe it's for filtering gases or something? Thanks.

Looks like an aquarium bubbler

Hello all! This bundle of joy just came in the mail today and I have no idea what they are used for ! I got the whole lot for 6 bucks (not including shipping) and I thought that was a pretty good deal. The thing that really got me excited was that one of the tubes was labeled "quartz" and the other "PYREX". All except #5 have fritted glass in them. The also all have an o-ring fitting on them. I would guess that these are some sort of gas drying/reaction tubes. Anyway, I look forward to what you guys have to say about them!

What is this thing?

I have no other information aside from the picture. Someone was selling glass online and sent me this as part of their inventory. Does anyone have any idea what it is? I have not seen anything like it

I've never seen this type of screw top on these bottles, can anyone identify what kind of cap these would use? A seller has a few cases of old bottles from 500ml - 4L but none have a cap.

Do these look like 33-430mm mouths?


This is the GL45 lid that I am used to for reagent bottles.


I see that the GL45 has much tighter threads and more turns to close it. IDK what the strengths and weaknesses are for each and how they compare.

[Edited on 9-20-2018 by RogueRose]

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose

I've never seen this type of screw top on these bottles, can anyone identify what kind of cap these would use? A seller has a few cases of old bottles from 500ml - 4L but none have a cap. Do these look like 33-430mm mouths? This is the GL45 lid that I am used to for reagent bottles. I see that the GL45 has much tighter threads and more turns to close it. IDK what the strengths and weaknesses are for each and how they compare. [Edited on 9-20-2018 by RogueRose]

Quote: Originally posted by JJay

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose   I've never seen this type of screw top on these bottles, can anyone identify what kind of cap these would use? A seller has a few cases of old bottles from 500ml - 4L but none have a cap. Do these look like 33-430mm mouths? This is the GL45 lid that I am used to for reagent bottles. I see that the GL45 has much tighter threads and more turns to close it. IDK what the strengths and weaknesses are for each and how they compare. [Edited on 9-20-2018 by RogueRose] Qorpak has a guide for sizing bottle caps on its website: http://www.qorpak.com/pages/howtoselecttherightsizecapforyou... If you call them, they will send you a free cap measuring tool.

Is this for low or high temperature b.p. ?

As part of a job lot of used glassware I have had this piece, unused by me, for a few years.



The joints are 14/23, the flask is 25ml, and I assume that the jacket is vacuum.

Would this have been made for use at lower temperatures (ether, ethanol etc.)
or for use at higher temperatures (kerosene, mercury, sulphuric acid etc.) ?

How would the vacuum jacket help anything ?
(no obvious way to put packing in that section)

Weird glassware identification

Hey guys,
could you please help me to identify this thingy?

All the vigreux columns I see just have the 'fingers', but these two distillation columns I found have 'fingers' and 'melons'. Does this style have its own name?

Quote: Originally posted by Elrik

All the vigreux columns I see just have the 'fingers', but these two distillation columns I found have 'fingers' and 'melons'. Does this style have its own name?

Quote: Originally posted by Sulaiman

Would this have been made for use at lower temperatures (ether, ethanol etc.) or for use at higher temperatures (kerosene, mercury, sulphuric acid etc.) ? How would the vacuum jacket help anything ? (no obvious way to put packing in that section)

Peptide Synthisis?

What is this?

More importantly, what will you give me for it?

METROWARE
25ml

Fritted bottom might suggest peptide synthesis?

Thanks to Dr. Bob for providing me with a stopcock for it, now it needs a good home. In appreciation to the Dr. for his generosity to me and the community over the years, I will donate 1/2 to him. So bid big!

Appreciate your thoughts!

(PM me if you have an offer)

Custom (?) Distillation Head

I was gifted this unique piece of glassware yesterday. I was told it is a custom piece that was made in the 1950s or 1960s. Does anyone have a guess as to what it's specific purpose would be?

Quote: Originally posted by Sulaiman

Looks like a Perkin Triangle for cutting fractions during reduced pressure distillations, with a partial take-off option. ... I want one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkin_triangle

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose

I've never seen this type of screw top on these bottles, can anyone identify what kind of cap these would use? A seller has a few cases of old bottles from 500ml - 4L but none have a cap. Do these look like 33-430mm mouths? [Edited on 9-20-2018 by RogueRose]

Sep.Funnel or what ?

Because I'm emigrating from UK I thought I'd 'stock up' on used Quickfit via eBay when suitable (cheap),
I just won this item that is described as 'Vintage Pyrex Separating Funnel Double Tap Laboratory Glassware'
but looks more like a gas sampling tube with 3-way valves.
Anyone know of a specific use for this configuration ?

some kind of oil/water separator?


[Edited on 20-5-2019 by Mesa]

[Edited on 20-5-2019 by Mesa]

I agree that the second photo is of a separator.
Some have taps and some, like this one, have graduated receivers,
e.g. determine water (or heavier fraction ) content of liquids.

I think that I could configure the first piece as a partial takeoff head. e.g.

oops! ... "downjere" = "down here" ... finger trouble and not checking properly

[Edited on 21-5-2019 by Sulaiman]

Found this in the glass shop at UC Berkeley. I believe it lived on the dean's desk for a while before it was broken. It has uranium glass connections and a strange green orb at the bottom.

Some kind of old fashioned sensor maybe? Density, viscosity.....?

Bought a vintage chemistry suitcase, any ideas?

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

The first is some kind of specialist volumetric flask. Note the little lines between each of the three bulbs. I guess the idea is to measure three immiscible liquids in one hit for a batch process. Actually, they would not need to be immiscible on second thoiughts.

Quote: Originally posted by wg48temp9

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1   The first is some kind of specialist volumetric flask. Note the little lines between each of the three bulbs. I guess the idea is to measure three immiscible liquids in one hit for a batch process. Actually, they would not need to be immiscible on second thoiughts. To me they look like the flasks are just balanced on top of each other.

I swear, it's one flask

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

The first is some kind of specialist volumetric flask. Note the little lines between each of the three bulbs. I guess the idea is to measure three immiscible liquids in one hit for a batch process. Actually, they would not need to be immiscible on second thoiughts.

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

The first is some kind of specialist volumetric flask. Note the little lines between each of the three bulbs. I guess the idea is to measure three immiscible liquids in one hit for a batch process. Actually, they would not need to be immiscible on second thoiughts.

Quote: Originally posted by Ubya

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1   The first is some kind of specialist volumetric flask. Note the little lines between each of the three bulbs. I guess the idea is to measure three immiscible liquids in one hit for a batch process. Actually, they would not need to be immiscible on second thoiughts. it wouldn't be very precise as the volume of the sum of two miscible liquids is rarely the sum of each volume, so they should be measured separately (not an ideal solution) [Edited on 7-7-2019 by Ubya]

Quote: Originally posted by S.C. Wack

Have you determined the liquid volume to whatever lines are present?

Top one is 40ml and then 100ml and 100ml.

The equipment comes from around 1960 from one technical highschool. I've asked them if they could answer what it is, but since it's holiday here, I think it'll take a while

I was watching Forensic Files, and during a scene where they were explaining how they tested the cremation ashes of a victim for a poison or toxin (I think it was arsenic.. but I could be wrong), they showed some glassware that I haven't seen before, and haven't been able to find anything about it online.

It looked like an N shaped piece of glass with the ground glass joint on the bottom left part (attached to an erlenmeyer flask) and the part on the right side was open to the air and widened, which would hold some colored liquid/reagent. It looks somewhat similar to an airlock that you would use for brewing, but I'm pretty sure there's more to it than that.

I got the impression that some type of reagent was held in said apparatus while some reaction was happening in the attached erlenmeyer flask, and gasses released were send through the N shaped apparatus to bubble up through the colored reagent. Also somewhat resembled a horizontal bubbler, but I'm not certain that it serves the same purpose.

Not super important, more so just curiosity. For all I know, they could have thrown a lab coat on some actors and said throw some cool glassware looking crap together to make it look more sciency! haha.

Thanks in advance!



[Edited on 3-10-2019 by SuperOxide]

Some possibilities come to mind:
1 - a seal to keep external air from entering the flask; you called this an airlock.
2 - a seal to allow gas(es) generated in the Erlenmeyer flask to escape, without external air entering; also preventing a build up of pressure in the flask due to generated gas.
3 - allow gas generated in the flask to react with a reagent in the u-tube for identification purposes.
4 - as you said, to make things look more "science-y)!

Quote: Originally posted by CharlieA

Some possibilities come to mind: 1 - a seal to keep external air from entering the flask; you called this an airlock. 2 - a seal to allow gas(es) generated in the Erlenmeyer flask to escape, without external air entering; also preventing a build up of pressure in the flask due to generated gas. 3 - allow gas generated in the flask to react with a reagent in the u-tube for identification purposes. 4 - as you said, to make things look more "science-y)!

Quote: Originally posted by fusso

Do you have links to the vid(s)?

Stopper with handle

Hi,
What is this item. It simply looks like a stopper with a handle. There is no access to the inside of the stopper and 'handle'.

Yob

I have NFI what these are but I've somehow managed to accumulate a bunch of them.



Edit: the hook near the spout is actually a vent or something that opens to the outside. Does anyone have any idea what they are or what ould be used for?

[Edited on 24-12-2019 by Doc B]

Quote: Originally posted by SWIM

They look like a bartender could use them to measure out shots of hard liquor. They are mighty familiar though. I'm SURE I've seen these on Ebay. Maybe related to chromatography somerhow? EDIT: looked on Ebay, the only similar thing I saw was obviously mis-named. [Edited on 25-12-2019 by SWIM]

Quote: Originally posted by SWIM

I went looking for the mis-named posting (it was something totally inane, like lab beaker distillation flask), when I found this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amber-Glass-50-ml-Tilt-Measure-Disp... So It's apparently a tilt measure dispenser. You COULD set up a bar with these. EDIT: Incidentally, I think I was confusing them with chromatography sprayers. Another Item I know little about. [Edited on 27-12-2019 by SWIM] And these do seem to have a vent where your ones do, but it's just a little bump on these models. [Edited on 27-12-2019 by SWIM]

Quote: Originally posted by Sulaiman

Because I'm emigrating from UK I thought I'd 'stock up' on used Quickfit via eBay when suitable (cheap), I just won this item that is described as 'Vintage Pyrex Separating Funnel Double Tap Laboratory Glassware' but looks more like a gas sampling tube with 3-way valves. Anyone know of a specific use for this configuration ?

It's a receiving flask, but I'm not quite sure the purpose of the upper valve and side vent/cap. If it's for draining without breaking vacuum, I suspect I should vent carefully before draining?

I tried searching forever on the internet to find something like it so I could see what it was called or how it operated, but could never find one like it.

How is the side vent finished?

I assume it's not a ground joint under there, so is it just like a rubber cap on a beaded tube or something else?

Beaded tubes I usually think of as for hoses.

Perhaps the vent goes to a hose to the vac pump to rapidly re-establish vacuum after draining the flask.

Since there's virtually no space for distillate to accumulate above the top valve (I'm assuming your condenser is a common style), it might be important to evacuate that flask quickly so you can start collecting distillate instead of it just running back into the boiling flask.

This is a hypothesis based entirely on what I see here. I haven't seen anything like it on a rotovap before.

EDIT: But here is what looks like a similarly functioning fitting:https://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Lab-50L-Rotary-Evaporator-RotoVap-RE-1050-180-C-220V/401655360968?hash=item5d84866dc8:g:Zt0AAOSwIfFdufmN

The rotovaps I've looked at before were mostly ones I thought I might buy: cheap simple ones.

You've got a Ferrari and some of the parts just don't look like the ones on the Studebakers I've been looking at.

Okay, that picture didn't work, but this link should:













[Edited on 28-6-2020 by SWIM]

Has anyone encountered these things before?

50 mm in height x 15mm diameter. 19/26 joints.





I assume it's some type of sampler or instrument vessel.

[Edited on 28-6-2020 by Eddie Current]

Quote: Originally posted by SWIM

How is the side vent finished? I assume it's not a ground joint under there, so is it just like a rubber cap on a beaded tube or something else? Beaded tubes I usually think of as for hoses. Perhaps the vent goes to a hose to the vac pump to rapidly re-establish vacuum after draining the flask. Since there's virtually no space for distillate to accumulate above the top valve (I'm assuming your condenser is a common style), it might be important to evacuate that flask quickly so you can start collecting distillate instead of it just running back into the boiling flask. This is a hypothesis based entirely on what I see here. I haven't seen anything like it on a rotovap before. EDIT: But here is what looks like a similarly functioning fitting:https://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Lab-50L-Rotary-Evaporator-RotoVap-RE-1050-180-C-220V/401655360968?hash=item5d84866dc8:g:Zt0AAOSwIfFdufmN The rotovaps I've looked at before were mostly ones I thought I might buy: cheap simple ones. You've got a Ferrari and some of the parts just don't look like the ones on the Studebakers I've been looking at. Okay, that picture didn't work, but this link should: [Edited on 28-6-2020 by SWIM]

Quote: Originally posted by ekilsawkcalbeoj

Also, the maker is Adams & Chittenden, and they only make custom glass to order, if you like unusual glassware, you should check out their gallery pages, there's some really cool stuff in there. I should probably ask them if they remember making it.

There's some amazing pieces in their collection.

A jacketed Vigreux is now on my "must get" list.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133406852719

Doesn't look like distillation apparatus to me.
Something for mixing gasses maybe?









[Edited on 2-7-2020 by SWIM]

NOONE ELSE NOTICE.........

Quote: Originally posted by ekilsawkcalbeoj

It's a receiving flask, but I'm not quite sure the purpose of the upper valve and side vent/cap. If it's for draining without breaking vacuum, I suspect I should vent carefully before draining? I tried searching forever on the internet to find something like it so I could see what it was called or how it operated, but could never find one like it.

Any ideas? Found it at a random yardsale for nothing. It's definitely borosilicate, so I assume it's a lab product.

Quote: Originally posted by Junk_Enginerd

Any ideas? Found it at a random yardsale for nothing. It's definitely borosilicate, so I assume it's a lab product.

"Soxhlet Extractor"

Does anyone have an idea what this piece is? I recently acquired it in a box labelled "Soxhlet Extractor", but it is rather unlike any Soxhlet I have seen before. There is no ground glass to be found on the whole thing. Additionally, one of the tubes is positioned such that it drips directly on the glass frit inside the chamber; the frit leads to another tube exiting the chamber. A final tube leads directly into the glass chamber. There are no obvious places for attaching a condenser of any kind.
It looks fancy (expensive), but I have no idea what useful purposes it might serve. Thank you for your help in its identification!

Quote: Originally posted by The Plutonium Bunny

Does anyone have an idea what this piece is? I recently acquired it in a box labelled "Soxhlet Extractor", but it is rather unlike any Soxhlet I have seen before. There is no ground glass to be found on the whole thing. Additionally, one of the tubes is positioned such that it drips directly on the glass frit inside the chamber; the frit leads to another tube exiting the chamber. A final tube leads directly into the glass chamber. There are no obvious places for attaching a condenser of any kind. It looks fancy (expensive), but I have no idea what useful purposes it might serve. Thank you for your help in its identification!