‎"WOULFE, PETER.‎
‎Experiments on some Mineral Substances. Communicated at the Desire of William Hunter. Read Nov. 19, 1778.‎

‎(London, J. Nicols, 1779). 4to. Extract from ""Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London."" Vol. 69, Year 1779 - Part I. Pp. 11-34.‎

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‎First printing. In the paper Woulfe described a white tin ore and other minerals. (Partington III: p. 301).Woulfe is mainly remembered for the two-necked bottle generally known as a Woulfe’s bottle which has long been a standard item of equipment in most chemical laboratories. The apparatus has been traced back to J. R. Glauber, and its attribution to Woulfe seems to stem from his use of a vessel with two outlets in a series of distillation experiments described in 1767. His ""new method"" was designed to prevent the escape of fumes ""very hurtful to the lungs"" by passing them through a tube into water.(DSB).‎