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Air pump, Nollet type
Inv. 1534
Maker unknown, ca. 1780
Air pump, 's Gravesande type
Inv. 1532
Nicolas Fortin, Paris, 1780
Air pump, twin barrels, table-top model
Inv. 1536
William Cary, London, early 19th cent.
Air pump, twin barrels, table-top model
Inv. 1537
Christophe Bettally, Paris, first half 19th cent.
Air pump, twin barrels, table-top model
Inv. 3777
Maker unknown, Paris, ca. 1830
Mercury pump
Inv. 1530
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Mercury pump
Inv. 1531
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Pressure receiver or de Morveau's disinfection apparatus
Inv. 3778
Maker unknown, early 19th cent.
Single-barrel exhausting and compressing pump
Inv. 1535
Maker unknown, Florence, 1767
Small single-barrel air pump
Inv. 831
Filippo et Haveri Fratelli De Dranchy, late 18th cent.
Twin-barrel air pump
Inv. 1533
Maker unknown, 1743