Crucible
notes: label: Description
content: White ceramic crucible with lid, and “CHAMPION SILLIMANITE” inscription. Sillimanite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5, is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). This was made by the Champion Porcelain Co., of Detroit, Mi.
label: Description
content: Ref: Central Scientific Co., The Story of Sillimanite Laboratory Ware (1928).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Glasco Products Company. All items from their catalog - 1931.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03081
label: catalog number
content: M-03081
label: accession number
content: 115958
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crucibles
label: Object Type
content: crucibles
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, porcelain (disjoint section material)
label: Measurements
content: overall -crucible: 1 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall -lid: 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 3.4925 cm