[joepav84]

I recently acquired this kit from my great aunt when she passed away. My attempts to identify what it is and what it is used for have failed. I have found numerous charts identifying parts but not the whole. Most of it is all one piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[wildfyr]

Well the tall cylinder is a graduated cylinder, and the round thing is a round bottom flask. Easy ones out of the way.

The other one appears to be a very highly specialized piece of distillation equipment. It is a quite bizarre one. It was probably built to do one specific reaction. Something this unique is almost a treasure in itself. It looks very difficult to make. Did your Aunt work in a field that might give us a hint?

 If someone on this forum can't ID it precisely, give the chemistry subreddit a shot.

[joepav84]

She actually owned an antique shop and they had a personal love for oriental things. These are made in china so i am guessing thats why she kept them. She definitely had no background in anything related to chemistry. I found it in a closet and even though i dont know anything about it i thought it was amazing and very complex. I appreciate the reply!

[joepav84]

I found a couple images of a Kjeldahl Apparatus that seem to be similar but not nearly as complex as this one. Maybe thats what it is?

[OrganicDan96]

looks like it could have been used for some kind of gas phase reaction, could you post some closer photos?