Still
date: label: date made
content: 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Thomas Newton Dickinson (1825-1900), of Essex, Ct., manufactured a tincture of witch hazel for medicinal purposes. Thomas Newton Dickinson, Jr. (1852-1938) opened his own witch hazel distillery, in the Mystic/Ledyard area, in 1888, and had this still made for that purpose. His daughter donated it to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Martin W. Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.328688
label: catalog number
content: 328688
label: accession number
content: 267596
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Still
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: cistern: 127 cm x 84 cm; 50 in x 33 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: lower pot: 29 in x 39 in; 73.66 cm x 99.06 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube: 213 cm; 83 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: upper pot: 30 in x 39 in; 76.2 cm x 99.06 cm
label: Measurements
content: head: 58.5 cm; 23 1/16 in