M0004597: Priestley's Oxygen Apparatus

Date:: 18 April 1936

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/37/11

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0004587-M0004703WT/D/1/20/1/37
        M0004597: Priestley's Oxygen ApparatusWT/D/1/20/1/37/11

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Credit

M0004597: Priestley's Oxygen Apparatus. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Priestley's Oxygen Apparatus. 1774

Description

A reproduction of a photograph of Joseph Priestley's (1733-1804) oxygen apparatus. Original was made in 1774 and reproduced by the Science Museum in 1923.

Publication/Creation

18 April 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Related material

The original object can be found at the Science Museum under the object numbers 1923-11.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.