Giles Volumetric Flask
notes: label: Description
content: William Brantingham Giles, a British industrial chemist, described this type of volumetric flask in 1894. This example has a capacity of 240 cc., and a "D*R" inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: W. B. Giles, “On a Modification of the Litre Flask,” Chemical News 69 (1894): 99-100.
label: Description
content: Arthur H. Thomas, Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents (Philadelphia, 1921), p. 295.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315831.032
label: catalog number
content: 315831.032
label: accession number
content: 217523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Giles Volumetric Flask
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 7 cm; 9 in x 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 22.225 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm