A matrass (mod. Latin matracium) is a glass vessel with a round or oval body and a long narrow neck, used in chemistry as a digester or distiller. The Florence flask of commerce is frequently used for this purpose. The word is possibly identical with an old name matrass ( Fr. materas, matelas) for the bolt or quarrel of a cross-bow. If so, some identity of shape is the reason for the application of the word; bolthead is also used as a name for the vessel. Another connection is suggested with the Arabic matra, a leather bottle.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Matrass". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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- "Matrass or Bolt-Head Distillation Apparatus, Early 19th Century". Oxford: Museum of the History of Science. Retrieved 29 January 2024.