Special Collections and Exhibitions
IQS Old Museum Exhibition
Chemical instrumentation
Density meters with a built-in mercury thermometer
- Features: The built-in thermometer allowed for simultaneous temperature measurement.
- Manufacturer: Ströhlein & Co., Düsseldorf (Germany)
- Date: Early 20th century
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Chemical product catalogue
- Date: Early 20th century
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Chemical product catalogue
- Manufacturer: Gehe & Co. AG, Dresden (Germany)
- Date: Early 20th century
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Samples of chemical elements
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
V. F. L. Catalogue of Chemical Supplies (1905)
- Details: Dedicated to Pare Vitoria
- Date: 1905
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Wimshurst machine for generating static electricity
- Description and operation: Information is provided from: *Treatise on Physics* / Kleiber, Karsten; revised and expanded by Professor Dr H. Alt. — Barcelona: Gustavo Gili
- Use: Experiments on the generation of static electricity in physics laboratories
- Date: Early 20th century
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Laboratory diary
- Characteristics: Chemical experiments: for lectures and laboratories / by Fr. Eduardo Vitoria, S.J. The copy on display was donated by Mr Francisco García Estartús. It dates from the early 1940s, in the immediate post-war period in Spain
- Date: Early 20th century
- Source: Francisco García Estartús
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Record of absences and punctuality
- Description: This is a printed register in which pupils’ absences and lateness were recorded on a daily basis.
- Period: The register dates from the 1934–35 academic year. It is of great historical interest, as at that time the Society of Jesus had been suppressed and IQS operated under the name Centro de Estudios Químicos, headed by Professor Muñoz.
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Sartorius analytical balance
- Features: Two-pan balance with pneumatic dampers. It also features a Reiter (a small weight mounted on one of the arms which, by sliding along a grooved rail, can measure weights down to tenths of a milligram).
- Manufacturer: Satorius (Germany)
- Date: 1930s
- Provenance: FHER Laboratories
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Weight box
- Characteristics: A set of weights for laboratory scales. It is of particular interest as it dates back to the early days of IQS and is even listed among the items recovered after the Spanish Civil War (1939).
Manufacturer: Becker London - Date: 1915–1920
- Provenance: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Dubosq Colorimeter
- Features: A visual comparison device. It consists of two tubes, in which the test sample and the standard are placed respectively; the level of the test liquid is adjusted until the same colour intensity is observed in a single field of view, divided into two halves.
- Manufacturer: A. Jobin. Paris
- Date: Early 20th century. This type of colorimeter came into use in the last third of the 19th century and remained in use until the mid-20th century.
- Provenance: It was one of the few IQS instruments to survive the Spanish Civil War (1939).
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Engler viscometer
- Manufacturer: Selecta
- Date: 1950s
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Fixanal kit for preparing standard solutions
- Features: It was used in laboratories for the preparation of standard solutions, without the need for weighing.
- Manufacturer: E. de Haën A. G. (Germany)
- Date: 1930s
- Provenance: IQS. It was recovered after the Spanish Civil War (1939) in Carlet, Valencia.
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Determination of the flash point in oils
- Manufacturer: Giralt Laporta
- Date: Early 20th century
- Provenance: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
A device for drying laboratory glassware and a device for hot filtration
- Details: From the book *Chemical Practices: For Lectures and Laboratories* / by Fr. Eduardo Vitoria, S.J.
- Date: 1920s
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
IQS Conductivity Meter
- Features: Multi-frequency resistance meter. Range: 0–10 ohms. Built at IQS by Mr Alfredo Caum, based on a design by Dr Condal for the Department of Physical Chemistry at IQS. Three units were built.
- Manufacturer: Mr Alfredo Caum and Dr Condal (IQS)
- Date: 1961
- Origin: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
ETCO pH meter
- Features: Voltage (mV) measured using electrodes and subsequently converted to pH using conversion tables.
- Manufacturer: Electric Test Company
- Date: 1957
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Fixanal kit for preparing standard solutions
- Features: It was used in laboratories for the preparation of standard solutions, without the need for weighing.
- Manufacturer: E. de Haën A. G. (Germany)
- Date: 1930s
- Provenance: IQS. Recovered after the Spanish Civil War (1939) in Carlet, Valencia.
- Location: IQS Museum
EEL photoelectric filter colorimeter
- Features: Compared to the Dubosq, this colorimeter features two significant technical modifications. Colour intensity is determined not visually but photoelectrically, and the light spectrum is selected using filters.
- Manufacturer: Gricel, Barcelona.
- Date: The instrument was acquired by IQS in the 1950s. It has not been used extensively because advances in the construction of colorimeters quickly rendered it obsolete.
- Provenance: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
pHmetro Torres Quevedo EB 51-01
- Características: Primer pHmetro fabricado en España por el Instituto Torres Quevedo. Lectura directa del pH.
- Fabricante: Instituto Oficial Torres Quevedo
- Fecha: 1951
- Procedencia: Sr. Emili Bas
- Localización: Casa Gardenyes
Geiger counter
- Model and use: Geiger Counter Model 107 C “Professional”. Used for measuring radiation.
- Manufacturer: Geiger
- Date: 1962
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Calculation rules
- Features: Used for quick and approximate calculations before the advent of electronic calculators. One of them is specifically designed for chemical calculations.
- Date: 1940s–1960s
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Mirror galvanometer
- Features: Dr. Lange Multiflex model
- Manufacturer: Germany
- Source: Mr Emili Bas
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Gricel E-4 Photocolorimeter
- Features: A direct-reading photocolorimeter that stood out at the time for its striking design, which earned it the FAD Award in 1962
- Manufacturer: Gricel. Barcelona
- Date: 1962
- Provenance: María Auxiliadora Vocational Training School
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
PUSL B 55 pH meter
- Features: Direct-reading pH meter. Portable.
- Manufacturer: PUSL. Munich (Germany)
- Date: 1950s
- Source: Mr Emiliano Rodríguez (INIBSA)
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Radiometer pH meter
- Features: Direct-reading pH meter.
- Manufacturer: Radiometer, Copenhagen
- Source: Mr Emili Bas
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Ampot Sargent
- Use: Amperometric titrations.
- Manufacturer: Sargent (USA)
- Date: 1962
- Source: IQS. Part of the aid received from the US Government
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Electrobalanza Cahn
- Características: Balanza distinta para pesar microgramos. El principio de funcionamiento difiere totalmente de las balanzas convencionales. Es un sistema electromagnético y las suspensión es una cinta de metal elástica. Puede pesar 1,5 gr y su sensibilidad es de 0,1 microgramos.
- Fabricante: Cahn Instrument Company (EEUU)
- Fecha: 1962
- Procedencia: IQS. Forma parte de la ayuda recibida del Gobierno de los EEUU
- Localización: Casa Gardenyes
Pocket refractometer
- Features: Measurement of the refractive index, used to determine sugar content.
- Manufacturer: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (USA)
- Date: 1962
- Origin: IQS. Part of the aid received from the US Government
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Coleman 14 D181A Spectrophotocolorimeter
- Features: Can be used as a spectrophotocolorimeter, photofluorimeter and photonepelometer.
- Manufacturer: Coleman Instruments Inc., Maywood (USA)
- Date: 1951
- Source: Mr Espinós (LEBSA)
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Polarimeter
- Manufacturer: COGIT (Paris)
- Source: Reig Jofré Laboratories
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Glass bell jar and monocular microscope
- Features: Glass bell jar with a button, used in laboratories for storing gases.
- Manufacturer: Monocular microscope: Koritska (Milan)
- Date: 1920s
- Provenance: FHER Laboratories (Barcelona)
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Monocular microscope
- Features: 3×7 magnification
- Manufacturer: Dujardin, a branch of Salleron (Paris)
- Date: Late 19th century
- Provenance: Mr Carlos Miller
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Westphal balance for measuring density
- Features: Unequal-arm balance used to determine the density of liquids.
- Manufacturer: G. Westphal (Celle, Germany)
- Date: 1896
- Source: Mr Carlos Miller
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Bain-marie
- Manufacturer: JP Selecta
- Date: 1950s
- Origin: Laboratorios Reig Jofré
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Resistor box
- Use: Electrical resistance measurements
- Manufacturer: Heron
- Date: Mid-1950s
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Continuous water distiller
- Description, use and operation: This is a device designed for obtaining distilled water in laboratories. The device was designed by Fr. Vitoria and is the subject of a patent. A detailed description of the device, as well as its use, can be found in Fr. Vitoria’s book *Prácticas químicas*
- Manufacturer: Hijos de Giralt Laporta
- Date: 1920s
- Provenance: Donated by Mr Miguel Ángel de Luque
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Glass, metal and stoneware
Fr. Rosendo Carreras, S. J.
- Description: In the late 1940s, Fr. Carreras, a lecturer in Mineral Chemical Analysis at IQS, published his ‘Quick Test “C”’ for identifying common cations, which was used for several years in the IQS Analysis Laboratories. Porcelain funnel and plate.
- Date: 1940s
- Provenance: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Melting point microscope
- Features: Microscope with heated stage.
- Manufacturer: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (USA)
- Date: 1962
- Source: IQS. Part of the aid received from the US Government
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Thermistor thermometer
- Features: Temperature measurement using a thermistor.
- Manufacturer: Sargent Co. (Chicago, USA)
- Date: 1962
- Origin: IQS. Part of the aid received from the US Government
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Thermistor thermometer
- Features: Single-pan replacement scales.
- Manufacturer: Ainsworth & Sons (USA)
- Date: Early 1960s
- Source: IQS
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Right-A-Weigh single-pan scales
- Features: Two-pan balance with weights, featuring a magnetic damper. It incorporates a chain suspended from an arm of the crossbar of variable length, which allows measurements to be made to the nearest tenth of a milligram.
- Manufacturer: Ainsworth & Sons (USA)
- Date: 1962
- Provenance: IQS. Part of the aid received from the US Government
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Right-A-Weigh single-pan scales
- Features: This is a photocolorimeter capable of selecting the wavelength of the incident light in 5-micrometre increments within the range of 390–975 micrometres. This is because it uses a diffraction grating as a wavelength selector. It represents a significant advance over colorimeters that use filters as light selectors.
- Manufacturer: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (USA)
- Date: 1962
- Source: Dr Josep Obiols
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
Right-A-Weigh single-pan scales
- Features: Single-beam optical system, equipped with flame atomisation and featuring an analogue display and an output for a chart recorder.
- Manufacturer: Perkin Elmer. Northwick, Conn. (USA)
- Date: 1960s
- Source: Mr Emili Bas
- Location: Casa Gardenyes
