Mineralogical Assay Kit
notes: label: Description
content: This sturdy wooden box contains tools recommended for mineralogical analysis by Carl Friedrich Plattner (1800-1858), Assay Master at the Royal Smelting Works in Freiburg, Saxony. The “LINGKE . . .” inscription on the green paper label in the lid refers to Wilhelm Friedrich Lingke (1784-1867), a mathematical instrument maker in Freiburg; or his son.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Professor John C. Bailar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.336632
label: accession number
content: 1978.0592
label: catalog number
content: 336632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineralogical Assay Kit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: balance box:;
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content: tools:;
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content: top tray: 275 mm x 195 mm x 28 mm; 10 13/16 in x 7 11/16 in x 1 1/8 in
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content: overall: 17.5 cm x 23 cm x 30.5 cm; 6 7/8 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 in
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content: mahogany tray: 275 mm x 45 mm x 34 mm; 10 13/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 5/16 in
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content: each box: 275 mm x 150 mm x 32 mm; 10 13/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in
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content: overall in box: 6 7/8 in x 11 15/16 in x 9 in; 17.4625 cm x 30.32125 cm x 22.86 cm