BEEHIVE SHELF: Porcelain
$ 5.80 excl. GST
- This Beehive Shelf is used with pneumatic trough for gas collection.
- Made of porcelain.
- Outer diameter 100mm.
In stock (can be backordered)
BEEHIVE SHELF: Porcelain
(Wikipedia excerpt: .."... A beehive shelf [BS] is a piece of laboratory equipment, usually of pottery, used to support a receiving jar or tube while a gas is being collected over water with a pneumatic trough. It is used so that when the gas emerges from the delivery tube into the [BS] , it is funneled into the receiving jar instead of being released elsewhere.
History
The name derives from the design of early beehives made from bound grass called a skep. The squat circular shape was made by binding the grass bundles to form a flat wheel. Sides were added using the same material with a cutout to allow honey bees to enter and leave the hive....")