Thurible
The name of the research vessel that was used in proving the seaflor spreading was the vessel Pioneer. It is a marine magnetometer. mikee...=)
The hanging cloth on an altar is called an altar cloth or an altar frontal. It is used to decorate the altar and often changes according to the liturgical season or special occasions in the church.
Vessel" is a terms used in art, to describe a kind of sculpture that is formed like a container. In everyday life, "vessel" has wonderful connotations too. A vessel can be a means of traveling over the water - and thus by metaphor, of traveling over the sea of emotion. A vessel can be a kind of medium through which something creative and powerful can flow - as in a "vessel for the Holy Spirit." The Chalice on the altar is a vessel.
the altar is used for prayer and sacrifice
sarcophagus
The Holy Chalice.
Canopic Jars
Petri dish
The term "altar vow" is not used in the Catholic Church, the only reference that I can find to it is a quote in a novel from a long time ago where "altar vow" is used to refer to the marriage vows that a man and a woman make before the altar.
That is called a paten
A booth.
A Distillation vessel is the name given to the glassware/tubes used in Science Labs