Glass Bottle with Sand
notes: label: Description
content: By the 1840s, it was well known that there were at least three kinds of sand on Long Island—silicaceous, iron and garnet—mixed together in variable proportions. This glass jar with cork stopper, containing a dark powdery substance, came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. The pencil inscription on the faded paper label reads: "Iron & Garnet Sand; L. I. Beach Peconic; L. I.: To get the garnets, spread a sheet of paper and slide a magnet under it."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: New York, Peconic
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.075
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.075
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle with powder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: garnet sand (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (stopper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 3.5 cm; 6 11/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 3 in x 1 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm