Kviksølvregn

International names:

Porosity; Porosität; Porosité; Porositas

English description:

For pressing mercury through the wood by vacuum

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Bell jars. For mercury shower. Glass with brass fittings at the top, with sealed-in wooden beakers. For pressing mercury through the wood by vacuum.Ref: Det phys Cab vol1 p7, pl2 fig4 and 5.Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Common characteristics
• Hauch number: A05
• Inventory number: 2311
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1284

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §28
• Cabinet 1: bd 1 p 7; pl.2 fig 4

• Literature:
• The King George III Collection: E101

• Desaguliers(1744) pl XXV fig 25 ,

  Adams(1794) vol I pl III fig 3;