Which tool was used to collect the solid product of the chemical reaction? the funnel with the filter paper

With this tool (the funnel w/ the filter paper), the (blank) could be separated from the (blank).

Ithink that the use of creativity in the sciences entails that one produce something out of nothing or from another thing. with this, i think that the he wrote down his results as four parts of the atomic theory is the manifestation of the  creativity of john dalton.

Idon’t know what the answer is i wish i could