Pipette Pump for Filling Vials
notes: label: Description
content: A metal plate on the side of this pump reads in part “IVAN SORVALL / NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.” and “SERVALL LABORATORY AIDS.” Ivan Sorvall (1897-1922) was born in Stockholm, trained in commercial matters, moved to the U.S. in 1922, and began importing Swedish merchandise. In 1930 he organized Ivan Sorvall, Inc., manufacturers of centrifuges and other laboratory equipment. The trademark of the firm was “Servall.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Ivan Sorvall,” New York Times (Nov. 11, 1952), p. 29.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.071
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pump, pipetting
label: Object Name
content: public health
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 14 cm; 3 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in