Petroleum Distillation and Miscellaneous Chemical Consulting
name: label: Author
content: Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
label: Correspondent
content: Clark, F.W.
label: Correspondent
content: Leeds, A.R.
label: Names
content: Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
label: Collection Author
content: Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
topic: label: Topic
content: Distillation, Fractional
label: Topic
content: Coal liquefaction
label: Topic
content: Petroleum, Synthetic
creator: label: Author
content: Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910
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content: Henry Wurtz Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884 - 1885
container: label: Container
content: Box 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0006, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Clippings (information artifacts)
label: Type
content: Business cards
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs -- 1820-1910
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: clippings (information artifacts)
label: Genre/Form
content: Business cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1880-1890
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This box contains material relating to Wurtz's interest in petroleum distillation, 1884-1885, and his attempt to market inventions for obtaining lubricants from petroleum distillates.  Related material includes: correspondence with prospective investors, proofs and galleys for the prospectus, news clippings on petroleum, and various contracts.

The box also includes correspondence with A.R. Leeds, F.W. Clark and others regarding Wurtz's search for a new assistant, 1881, catalogs for scientific books and instruments, 1880's, and Wurtz's business card.