Pump, air, double barrelled, Hauksbee

Description

One of a collection of apparatus and instruments from Edinburgh University used by Professors Black, Hope and Gregory - a double-barrelled air pump as it was first made by Hauksbee, with modified mechanism designed by Vream. c. 1720

Museum reference

T.1858.275.1

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Pump, air, double barrelled, Hauksbee

Production information

Hauksbee, Francis, 1660 - 1713, Inventor
England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1720

Materials

Glass, Metal

Associations

Previous owner: University of Edinburgh
Eponym: Hauksbee
Possible owner: Black, Joseph, Professor, 1728 - 1799
Possible owner: Hope, Thomas Charles, Professor, 1766 - 1844
Possible owner: Gregory, William, Professor, 1803 - 1858

References

RGW Anderson, The Playfair Collection, 1978, pp67-70