Bell glass
bell jar.
a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
Historical Examples
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard
The Preservation of Antiquities Friedrich Rathgen
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science Thomas Troward
A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique John William Henry Eyre
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique John William Henry Eyre
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique John William Henry Eyre
The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet Shirley Hibberd
How to Know the Ferns S. Leonard Bastin
noun
another name for bell jar
noun
a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or fragile ornaments or to cover apparatus in experiments, esp to prevent gases escaping
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