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Phial
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      length 330 mm
    • Inventory:
      3800
    • Phial (Inv. 3800)

The phial, placed at the center, communicates through pipes with a small cup at one end, and with a small basket hanging from the forked pipe at the other end. Its exact purpose in the Accademia del Cimento's experimentation program has not been established.