organometallic - 26-1-2008 at 09:15
I bought three of them from an army surplus shop for £1 each. I have no idea what they are, but I felt I was getting a bargain. 
Another picture:
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YT2095 - 26-1-2008 at 09:43
I have no idea exactly, but I can think of half a dozen ideas it would be good for!
do you know what sort of "Glass" it`s made off?
organometallic - 26-1-2008 at 10:00
I think its made of pyrex, as it seems fairly resistant to heat.
As I'm retarded, I can't put two pictures on one post =( so I changed the pic to a close up of the side-arm bits.
Note that the tube becomes verrry thin in the middle.
I am mystified
ANyway, here's the original.
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solo - 26-1-2008 at 10:05
It looks like a piece used for a gas manifold that sits on top of columns to maintain an inert gas environment.........solo
chemrox - 27-1-2008 at 00:44
It looks like a gas manifold of some to me too but the joints seem inverted for the purpose and gas manifolds ususally employ ball joints. The open
end is a puzzler. The constrictions on the two sidearms almost look like a cooling apparatus of some kind is involved. Another thought is some kind
of automated chromatography setup .. like this came out of a machine? I pick up weird shit like this on ebay as parts of lots. Looks like you could
scavenege some good tapered joints from it.
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