Circa 1848 1950.
What is a tripod and gauze mat used for.
Gauze mat plural gauze mats a piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.
The gauze is used with a bunsen burner tripod and is placed over the gas flame.
A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly.
In science a tripod is a piece of equipment used to hold a beaker or container.
Item sh 850152 wire gauze mat bunsen burner circa 1910 summary.
Noun plural gauze mats 1.
Tripods are generally tall enough for a bunsen burner to be placed underneath.
Tripods are usually made of stainless steel or aluminium and lightly built for portability within the lab.
Used in the pharmacy of a psychiatric hospital in victoria 1880 1950.
A laboratory tripod is a three legged platform used to support flasks and beakers.
The gauze mat is what is placed ontop of a tripod to hold said beaker container.
Often a wire gauze is placed on top of the tripod to provide a flat base for glassware.