Florence Flask
notes: label: Description
content: The Florence flask, a simple and inexpensive vessel, usually of glass, with round bottom and relatively long neck, has long been a standard piece of chemical equipment. According to an account from 1834: “They are to be had of oilmen, who sell the empty flasks, after having disposed of the Florence oil they contained.”
label: Description
content: Ref: John Joseph Griffin, Chemical Recreations (Glasgow, 1834), p. 10.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Barbara A. Keppel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0311.028
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0311.028
label: accession number
content: 1985.0311
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Florence Flask
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 9/16 in x 1 3/4 in; 9.04875 cm x 4.445 cm