Its about the right size to clamp on a broom stick.
What is it?

Looks like a beaker \ flask holder

ditto...

Old,because it is not alumnium...

Definitely a 50s or earlier Ring Stand clamp from a lab someplace.

You find the other half it is a handy third hand.

Test tube holder

It does appear pretty old and is in a configuation I've never seen. Is it steel?

Best I recall from 50+ years ago it's a clamp for holding a water cooled condenser on a ring stand or grid.  I was kind of asked to leave the chemistry lab under somewhat less than joyous circumstances involving sugar and potassium chloride.  I do well recall a lot of screaming from the chem teacher and frequent use of the words last straw.

They aren't really for holding anything in particular, they are kind of a general purpose clamp for holding whatever you want held on a stand or over a flame or such. Test tubes, flasks, (the ones for beakers have bigger fingers) distillation apparatus .....

It is surprising how hard it is to reach 90 proof....

*Cough*

>sugar and potassium chloride

Waste of perfecly good sugar, sugar is for fermenting...-P

Quote from: rusty on May 23, 2012, 07:00:09 PM



It is surprising how hard it is to reach 90 proof....

*Cough*

>sugar and potassium chloride

Waste of perfecly good sugar, sugar is for fermenting...-P

90 proof is the reason behind vacuum distillation Rusty.  Walk in the park and no chance of scorching.

Not much need for sugar if you malt properly.  Nobody watched grain, but a lot of eyes watched the sugar.

Sugar chloride is such a fine detonation system when mixed with battery acid that's been concentrated.  All components are readily available too.