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Small single-barrel air pump
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      Filippo et Haveri Fratelli De Dranchy
    • Date:
      late 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass, iron, glass
    • Dimensions:
      total height 350 mm, max. base dimensions 350x180 mm
    • Inventory:
      831
    • Small single-barrel air pump (Inv. 831)

Unconventional and rather primitive air pump with a large-diameter barrel. The piston is operated by means of a rack and a handle fitted with a pinion. The plate supports a bell-jar with a ground-glass stopper. The instrument bears the inscription "Filippo et Haveri Fratelli De Dranchy," makers about whom we have no information. Provenance: Lorraine collections.