Sulaiman
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How lucky am I ?
Two days ago a relative of my wife dropped around,
she heard that I like chemistry,
and wondered if I would like some old stuff that she brought with her ;
(the balance is for scale only)
A 5L two-neck PYREX rbf (34/35 and 19/26), tar stains but no scratches
A 5L 700W heating mantle
3 retort stands with a 4-finger clamp each, aluminium rods and boss clamps
Maybe later she will find the 'tubes' that went with the above 
(condenser and column or Dean-Stark from description)
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I did a quick test ; 3L water in 5L rbf, c1 hour to get to boil, and c1.25L boiled off during the next hour.
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I will probably use this rbf for recovering solvents and some diy EtOH as I gave away all of my liquids in UK.
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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j_sum1
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Can't wait to see the "tubes". The mantle is a beaut.
Edit.
Uh. That was "tubes", not "rubes". Curse my typing skills.
[Edited on 9-3-2020 by j_sum1]
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Herr Haber
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Really nice gift !
I hope you have a place to stash it.
The spirit of adventure was upon me. Having nitric acid and copper, I had only to learn what the words 'act upon' meant. - Ira Remsen
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morganbw
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I think that you are pretty lucky. Enjoy sir.
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SWIM
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Nice find.
5 liter 2-neck and 34/35 top joint is also a common size for short path setups (at least here in California), so the 'tubes' might end up being a
vacuum jacketed short path head.
Edit: Glad you told us the balance was in there for scale.
I was assuming you just put a scale in the picture to give the composition balance.
[Edited on 9-3-2020 by SWIM]
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Syn the Sizer
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Nice, I'm jealous lol.
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Heptylene
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I chuckled.
You're very lucky! I bet this flask would do well with a big fractionating column and a nice still head... 
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G-Coupled
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Nice. Whose was it all, and what kind of chemistry did they do?
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Sulaiman
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It was from a Bus company that went bust.
The glassware was used to test 'oil' (diesel, lubricating, transmission, or brake fluids.
(which is why I guess a Dean-Stark setup)
I've been looking at 34/35 glassware availability and cost 
I'll get a 34/35 to 24/29 adapter and use my existing accesories.
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G-Coupled
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A bus company? Interesting - I would never have guessed that.
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