bell glass

British  

noun

1. another name for bell jar

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bell glass

A bell glass, however, will meet the case; it should be placed over the plant, but tilted slightly, when there are signs of frost—the flowers will amply reward such care.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John

"But what is this?" cried Peter Hovenden abruptly, taking up a dusty bell glass, beneath which appeared a mechanical something, as delicate and minute as the system of a butterfly's anatomy.

From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The instrument consists of a bell glass, from the inside of which is suspended a copper needle by a fine silken thread.

From The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by Troward, T. (Thomas)

The experimental physiologists tell us that a bird will live under a bell glass until he has substituted a large amount of carbonic acid for oxygen in the air of the bell glass.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.

I contrived this method of preserving them by placing a dish of water below, within the covering bell glass, by means of which the dampness of the air prevented evaporation of the bubble.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel