Matrass
date: label: Date made
content: 18th century
label: date made
content: 1790s
name: label: used by
content: Priestley, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: This dark green glass matrass (or bolt head) belonged to Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), the accomplished and controversial English chemist and natural philosopher, and was undoubtedly made after his immigration to the United States in 1794. It might have been used for distillation.
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
label: Subject
content: Chemistry
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Joseph Priestley
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frances D. Priestley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315355.19
label: accession number
content: 13305
label: catalog number
content: 315355.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 in; 29.21 cm x 10.16 cm