Giles Volumetric Flask
notes: label: Description
content: William Brantingham Giles, a British industrial chemist, described this type of volumetric flask in 1894. The lower bulb of this example measures 1000 cc, and the upper bulb measures 100 cc.
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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
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content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315831.034
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content: 315831.034
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content: 217523
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content: Giles Volumetric Flask
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 12.8 cm; 13 in x 5 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 33.655 cm x 11.43 cm