Alembic
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th century
label: Date made
content: 1850-1900
notes: label: Description
content: This “very old alembic from St. Andrews University in Scotland” was picked up by Robert E. Rose, a chemist who was born in Italy in 1879, received a PhD in chemistry from Leipzig, and worked as a textile chemist for E. I. Du Pont de Nemours. Mrs. Rose gave it to the Smithsonian in 1969.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert E. Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.330197
label: catalog number
content: 330197
label: accession number
content: 285915
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Alembic
label: Object Type
content: Reaction Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.7 cm x 17.8 cm x 12.7 cm; 9 3/4 in x 7 in x 5 in
label: Measurements
content: wooden base: 5 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in; 13.97 cm x 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottom glass: 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: top glass: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.1125 cm x 15.875 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 16.51 cm x 12.3825 cm