Eosin, Spritloslich
notes: label: Description
content: Brown glass jar with plastic lid, and paper label that reads “CHROMA-GESELLSCHAFT (/) SCHMID & CO. (/) Eosin, spritloslich (/) Eosin, alcohol soluble (/) STUTTGART-UNTERLURKHEIM (/) CHROMA (/) 1 A 196.” Eosin is a red fluorescent dye discovered in 1874 by Heinrich Caro, Director of the German chemical company Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik. The name comes from Eos, the ancient Greek word for 'dawn' and the Greek goddess of the dawn.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth M. Heller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0325.076
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aniline Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 2 3/16 in x in