Etymology

Gooch crucible

Today it means: A filtration device for laboratory use, convenient for collecting a precipitate directly within the vessel in which it is to be dried, possibly ashed, and weighed in gravimetric analysis. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Frank Austen Gooch.

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