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The condensing tubes were of green bottle glass, being from 16th to 14th of an inch external diameter, and from 142d to 130th of an inch in thickness. They were chiefly of two kinds, about eleven and nine inches in length; the one, when horizontal, having a curve downward near one end to dip into a cold bath, and the other, being in form like an inverted siphon, could have the bend cooled also in the same manner when necessary. Into the straight part of the horizontal tube, and the longest leg of the siphon tube, pressure gauges were introduced when required.
Caps, stop-cocks and connecting pieces were employed to attach the glass tubes to the pumps, and these, being of brass, were of the usual character of those employed for operations with gas, except that they were small and carefully made. The caps were of such size that the ends of the glass tubes entered freely into them, and had rings or a female screw worm cut in the interior,
Fig. 2.
against which the cement was to adhere. The ends of the glass tubes were roughened by a file, and when a cap was to be fastened on, both it and the end of the tube were made so warm that the cement[1], when applied, was thoroughly melted in contact with these parts, before the tube and cap were brought together and finally adjusted
- ↑ Five parts of resin, one part of yellow bees'-wax, and one part of red ochre, by weight, melted together.
