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Scientific instruments are the tools of the chemists’ trade. CHF has an extensive collection of these tools, from the earliest vessels used for heating and mixing to 20th-century gray boxes used for measuring and analyzing.
20th-century instruments
CHF has an unparalleled collection of first-of-their-kind electronic chemical instruments, many of which were acquired from instrument giant PerkinElmer.
Highlights include the 1935 Beckman Model G pH meter and the first commercial electron microscope. Many of these revolutionary tools are on display in Making Modernity, the permanent exhibition in the museum at CHF.
Early instruments and apparatus
CHF’s collection includes early burners and furnaces, crucibles, cupels, blowpipes, stills, and more.
Glassware
Perhaps nothing evokes chemistry better than the triangular-shaped Erlenmeyer flask. Various types of beakers, flasks, and retorts used for manipulating liquids populate the CHF collection.
And more....
View more examples from CHF’s instrument and apparatus collections in our searchable database. Or contact us at artifacts@chemheritage.org to find out more about what’s in the collection.
Instruments Challenge!
 CHF is attempting to identify and collect the top 50 chemical instruments that changed the world. Help us find the 10 Most Wanted.
Instrument manuals and advertising materials are available in the Archival Collections and are cataloged in the online public access catalog of the Othmer Library of Chemical History.
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