Stephen Hale’s Pneumatic Trough, 1727

Stephen Hales devised the pneumatic trough in 1727 to investigate the gases involved in plant growth.  The trough allowed gases to be collected in an inverted glass vessel filled with water,which sat in a reservoir of water.  illustration found on Wikipedia.

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