Gas Generator
notes: label: Description
content: Acetylene is a colorless gas that was discovered in 1836 by the English chemist, Humphry Davy, and again in 1860 by the French chemist, Marcelin Berthelot. In time, acetylene was used for lighting and other purposes. This acetylene gas generator came from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, a federal agency that was using acetylene lamps for signaling purposes by 1902.
label: Description
content: Ref: “The New Acetylene Signal Lamps” in <i>Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey</i> (Washington, D.C., 1903), p. 824.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Coast and Geodetic Survey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315983
label: catalog number
content: 315983
label: accession number
content: 223100
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gas generator
label: Object Name
content: Gas Generator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 11 in; 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 4 5/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 11.7475 cm x 18.0975 cm