Laboratory Burner
notes: label: Description
content: Laboratory burner with an inscription that reads "The Thermo Torch. Pat. Kitson Mfg. & Ltg. Co., Philadelphia." The reference is to Arthur Kitson (1858-1937), inventor and notorious fascist, and the Kitson Hydrocarbon Heating and Incandescent Lighting Company.
label: Description
content: Ref: Arthur Kitson, “Mantle-Holder,” U.S. Patent 632,497 (Sept. 5, 1899), assigned to the Kitson Hydrocarbon Heating and Incandescent Lighting Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316209
label: accession number
content: 217523
label: catalog number
content: 316209
objectType: label: Object Name
content: burner
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 13.335 cm x 8.255 cm