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Alembic domes
    • Setting:
      Room XVII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      18th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      430x100 mm, 500x180 mm, 380x180 mm
    • Inventory:
      3779, 3780, 3781
    • Alembic domes (Inv. 3779, 3780, 3781)

Parts of instruments for distillation, one of the fundamental operations in alchemy and chemistry. They date from the eighteenth century. Like item inv. 3782, they form the upper part of the alembic, designed to collect the vapors produced by distillation. Provenance: Lorraine collections.