Crucible
notes: label: Description
content: The “BATTERSEA / … / MORGAN / …” inscription on the side of this crucible refers to the Morgan brothers who established the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, in Battersea, London, in 1856. That firm became the Morgan Crucible Co. in 1881, and is now Morgan Advanced Materials.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316226.168
label: catalog number
content: 316226.168
label: accession number
content: 217523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crucible
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 140 mm x 92 mm; 5 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 13/16 in x 3 5/8 in; 13.97 cm x 9.68375 cm x 9.2075 cm