Gravesande vacuum pump

Description

The presented object is a double-piston vacuum pump. Its mechanism is concealed in a polished wood case set on a wooden table (not original). The Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius Inventory number: 18044; 2350/V Creator: Jean Nicolas Fortin (1750–1831) Time of creation: 1789 Place of creation: Paris https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/2753 Digitalisation: RDW MIC