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The Latin word for florence flask is lagena, because it looks like a calabash. You can see a calabash at the link below. See the link wit florence flask at 'name derivation'. It is a Curcurbit. The eggplant/aubergine is not a curcurbit. Further the shape of the calabash is similar to that of the florence flask. But it is a different shape to that of an eggplant.(The eggplant flask should be a sort of kidney-shaped flask I think.) There are many refs to eggplant and aubergine shaped flasks on Google. (However,the ones I have seen tend to be related to perfumery, ointments, body oils etc). Apparently these are very ancient names and ancient styles of vessel still in use in labs today (interesting).

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:ho4d-q4ndjYJ:www.plantza...

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eggplant-type flask:

[PDF] Vitamin A in Oil
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eggplant-type flask by decantation. Wash the remaining sodium sulfate more than
... washings into the eggplant-type flask above. ...
www.ffcr.or.jp/.../7bd44c20b0dc562649256502001b65e9/ 916cae3da5a8a11b49256f320018877f/$FILE/D413.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] Sodium Saccharin
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to an eggplant-type flask, evaporate the ethyl acetate, and dissolve the residue
in 1.0. ml of a solution of caffeine in ethyl acetate (1 → 4000). ...
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Paris perfume -making perfume, spellbound perfume
3 rating rate shipping on an eggplant type flask paris perfume was very good
result the perfume discounted at bizrate. paris perfume Has been referred to, ...
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PERFUME MANUFACTURER-perfume tester, perfume sample
C. To prevent such that evaluated in perfume manufacturer example they always in
an eggplant type flask of the merchant perfume manufacturer has awarded ...
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[PDF] 117851 771..776
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transferred to an eggplant-type flask and evaporated comple-. tely using a rotary
evaporator. ... transferred to the eggplant-type flask. The same volume as ...
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Patent 4585896: Process for the production of an aminophenol
This was then transferred to a 300 cc three-necked eggplant type flask, then the
remaining ammonia and water were substantially distilled off under a ...
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Patent 4492644: Slowly releasing perfume compositions
of limonene and other hydrocarbons) which had been yellowed with Oil yellow 3G
were sealed into an eggplant type flask (capacity: 2 liters) of a rotary ...
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[PDF] Nitration of Pyrene in Metallic Oxides as Soil Components in the ...
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the mixture was scrupulously dried in an eggplant. type flask. For each metallic
oxide, 2 g of metallic. oxide plus pyrene (500 ...
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Note added at 7 hrs 13 mins (2005-08-23 08:16:42 GMT)
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[ancient aubergine flask? sorry, 误解了.原来指 the colour of the glass...]

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Note added at 8 hrs 55 mins (2005-08-23 09:59:11 GMT)
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More on florence flasks and gourds (refer 'name derivation'):

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:UHyIvXr2DzYJ:www.plantza...

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I'm still not too sure about it - strange that Florence flask had all those connections to gourds which are not so different to eggplant.

However, it seems the eggplant-type flask is not a boiling flask (as Florence is). And there was nothing on Google to connect eggplant-type and Florence.