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Refering to Lishan's question on the discussion forum of the IVLE:



What's a burette?

In case if you do not know how a burette looks like, please refer to the top(: there's a picture(:


--> A burette is a vertical cylindral piece of laboratory glassware with a volumetric graduation on its full lenth and precision top, or stopcock, on the bottom. Burettes are extemely accurate: class A Burettes are accurate to 0.05cm cube. The precision of a burette makes careful measurement with a burette very important to avoid systematic error.





History of A burette:

Francois Antoine Henri Descroiziles developed the first burette(which looked more like a graduated cylinder) in 1791.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac made an improved version of the burette that Francois made. The improved version consisted of a side arm. Joseph also coined the terms 'pipette' and 'burette' in an 1824 paper on the standarisation of indigo solutions.

A major breakthrough was done by Kari Friendrich Mohr. He redesigned the improved burette by placing a clamp and a tip at the bottom.

References: wikipedia