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Dresden ??? jar

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Help, how do I post a photo of glassware I am trying to identify? I thought it was a dresden jar but I can't find it when I search www, under that name.
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Here's one I prepared earlier mtg :thumbup:
How to post a Pic on Chemtalk Forum

Don't forget the bit about Clicking "Full Editor and preview " button first .

EDIT: Was wondering if it maybe a Leyden Jar you were thinking of ?
The very old ones were Glass ,foil or metal on outside .Either foil on inside but often were full of Mercury .
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pic:
jar.jpg
it has an outlet spot on top for a very small tube? And inside is a capillary tube like thing, so it must invert and displace something I think.
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Its a curly one mtg.
The upside down measurements are unique.
I even tried putting it into google image search.
Best I could find was an image on something similar .It was used in early Blood transfusions .May not even be close .
IMG_8863.jpeg
I found a similar new glass product called a glass buffer flow bottle . Can’t seem to find a name for your one .
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I would love to see a pic of the top and also of the rubber bung removed to have a better look at it but,

I think the name is Dreschel Bottle
It also seems to be called a Dressel bottle and a Drechsler bottle
It is a Gas washing Jar as far as I can tell .
Drechsler.jpg
The inverted level marks I think just happened to be on the Particular bottle that was put into use .
Duran make a similar bottle with both an autoclavable version and a screw top .
Duran .png
I suspect it was a piece of apparatus made up for a prac at some stage .A useful apparatus that has many uses so it would seem .
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Solution from an ex teacher. It is a transfusion bottle. From the old days when blood transfusions were done with glass bottles. The Bung top has 2 options for either metal or plastic insert. A small hole.
There is the long glass tube within to breathe so as to allow it to run when upside down.
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bigmack wrote: 12 Oct 2023, 09:58 I would love to see a pic of the top and also of the rubber bung removed to have a better look at it but,

I think the name is Dreschel Bottle
It also seems to be called a Dressel bottle and a Drechsler bottle
It is a Gas washing Jar as far as I can tell .

Drechsler.jpg

The inverted level marks I think just happened to be on the Particular bottle that was put into use .
Duran make a similar bottle with both an autoclavable version and a screw top .

Duran .png

I suspect it was a piece of apparatus made up for a prac at some stage .A useful apparatus that has many uses so it would seem .
DRESCHEL!!!! yes thank you.
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