No lab would be complete without beakers. Beakers are used for routine measuring and mixing in the lab. They are used to measure volumes to within 10% accuracy. Most beakers are made from borosilicate glass, though other materials may be used. The flat bottom and spout allow this piece of glassware to be stable on the lab bench or hot plate, plus it’s easy to pour a liquid without making a mess. Beakers are also easy to clean.

A boiling tube is a special variety of test tube that is made specifically for boiling samples. Most boiling tubes are made of borosilicate glass. These thick-walled tubes are usually about 50% larger than average test tubes. The larger diameter allows samples to boil with less chance of bubbling over. The walls of a boiling tube are intended to be immersed in a burner flame.

 A Buchner funnel may be placed on top of a Buchner flask (filter flask) so that a vacuum may be used to separate or dry a sample. Eloy, Wikipedia Commons

 A eudiometer is a piece of glassware used to measure the change in volume of a gas. It resembles a graduated cylinder, with the bottom end immersed in water or mercury, the chamber filled with gas, and the top end closed. Skiaholic, Wikipedia Commons

A Florence flask or boiling flask is a round-bottom borosilicate glass container with thick walls, capable of withstanding temperature changes. Never place hot glassware on a cold surface, such as a lab bench. It’s important to inspect a Florence flask or any piece of glassware prior to heating or cooling and to wear safety goggles when changing the temperature of glass. Improperly heated glassware or weakened glass may shatter when the temperature is changed. Additionally, certain chemicals may weaken the glass.

 A Freidrich condenser or Freidrich condenser is a spiralled finger condenser that offers a large surface area for cooling. Fritz Walter Paul Friedrichs invented this condenser in 1912. Ryanaxp, Wikipedia Commons

 A funnel is a conical piece of glassware that terminates in a narrow tube. It is used to transfer substances into containers that have narrow mouths. Funnels may be made of any material. A graduated funnel may be called a conical measure. Donovan Govan

A funnel is a conical piece of glass or plastic that is used help transfer chemicals from one container to another. Some funnels act as filters, either because of their design of because filter paper or a sieve is placed on the funnel. There are several different types of funnels.

 A gas syringe or gas collecting bottle is a piece of glassware used to insert, withdraw, or measure a volume of gas. Geni, Wikipedia Commons

Glass bottles with ground glass stoppers are often used to store stock solutions of chemicals. To avoid contamination, it helps to use one bottle for one chemical. For example, the ammonium hydroxide bottle would only ever be used for ammonium hydroxide.

Graduated cylinders are used to measure volumes accurately. The can be used to calculate the density of an object if its mass is known. Graduated cylinders usually are made from borosilicate glass, though there are plastic cylinders, too. Common sizes are 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 ml. Choose a cylinder such that the volume to be measured will be in the upper half of the container. This minimizes measurement error.

Pipets or pipettes are droppers calibrated to deliver a specific volume. Some pipets are marked like graduated cylinders. Other pipets are filled to a line to reliably deliver one volume again and again. Pipettes may be made of glass or plastic.

 Pipets (pipettes) are used to measure and transfer small volumes. There are many different types of pipets. Examples of pipet types include disposable, resuable, autoclavable, and manual. Andy Sotiriou/Getty Images

 A pcynometer or specific gravity bottle is a flask with a stopper that has a capillary tube through it, which allows air bubbles to escape. The pycnometer is used to obtain accurate measurements of density. Slashme, Wikipedia Commons

This photo shows how the shape of a separatory funnel makes it easier to separate components of a sample.

 A separatory funnel or separation funnel is a piece of glassware used in liquid-liquid extractions where one liquid is not miscible in the other. Rifleman 82, Wikipedia Commons

 A Soxhlet extractor is a piece of laboratory glassware that was invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet to extract a compound that has limited solubility in a solvent. Slashme, Wikipedia Commons

 A stopcock is an important part of many pieces of lab glassware. A stopcock is a plug with a handle that fits into a corresponding female joint. This is an example of a T bore stopcock. OMCV, Wikipedia Commons

 A Thiele tube is a piece of laboratory glassware that is designed to contain and heat an oil bath. The Thiele tube is named after German chemist Johannes Thiele. Zorakoid, Wikipedia Commons

A thistle tube is a piece of chemistry glassware consisting of a long tube with a reservoir and funnel-like opening at one end. Thistle tubes may be used to add liquid through a stopper to an existing apparatus. Richard Frantz Jr.

Volumetric flasks are used to accurately prepare solutions for chemistry. This piece of glassware is characterized by a long neck with a line for measuring a specified volume. Volumetric flasks usually are made of borosilicate glass. They may have flat or round bottoms (usually flat). Typical sizes are 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 ml.

The hose barb allows a hose to be attached to the flask, connecting it to a vacuum source.

 A Buchner flask may also be called a vacuum flask, filter flask, side-arm flask, or Kitasato flask. It is a thick-walled Erlenmeyer flask that has a short glass tube and hose barb on its neck. H Padleckas, Wikipedia Commons