Glass vial, charcoal
notes: label: Description
content: This glass vial has a corked top and taped bottom. It once held charcoal and may still contain some. This object was donated to the museum in 1920 by the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, as a part of a collection of objects that illustrate the different ways wood can be utilized in commercial production. Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon product formed by the heating of wood in little oxygen to remove all volatile contents and water. In this process, heat is supplied by burning part of the starting material itself. Different types of charcoal serve different purposes, but generally, charcoal is used as fuel for metalworking and heating, as a tool in art, and for various purposes in horticulture and the care of livestock.
label: Description
content: The New York State College of Forestry was founded in 1898 at Cornell University and was the first professional school of forestry in North America. In 1911, it was reestablished at Syracuse University. Today, the college is a part of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.20FP02.11
label: catalog number
content: 20FP02.11
label: catalog number
content: W904
label: accession number
content: 064766
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chemical Sample, Charcoal
label: Object Name
content: charcoal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 1 in x 1 in; 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm