Reagent Bottle
name: label: maker
content: T. C. Wheaton Company
notes: label: Description
content: The “CON / AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE / NH4OH” on this 8 oz. bottle identifies the original contents. The “T.C.W. COMPANY. U.S.A.” on the bottom refers to the T. C. Wheaton Co. in Millville, New Jersey.
label: Description
content: Theodore C. Wheaton (1853-1931) was a physician and pharmacist who bought a glass factory in Millville, N.J. in 1888, renamed it the T. C. Wheaton Co., and obtained several patents for bottles and jars.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0768.36
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0768.36
label: accession number
content: 1979.0768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reagent Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 147 mm x 66 mm; 5 13/16 in x 2 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: over stopper: 17.5 cm; 6 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 6.35 cm