A glass bottle with two or more necks, used for passing gases through liquids.
〔化〕渥耳夫瓶，渥耳夫（吸收）坛
Example sentencesExamples
Connect the flask at once, by means of corks, glass tubes and rubber stoppers, with a Woulfe bottle of the capacity of 500 Cc
Two Woulfe bottles, each containing three liters of Modified CW medium with 0.3 g ion-exchange resin, were inoculated with a seed suspension of B. pertussis prepared as described in Example 1.
The second Woulfe bottle and the receiver must each be provided with a siphon safety tube charged with a very short column of mercury.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after Peter Woulfe (circa1727–1803), English chemist.