Mineralogical Assat Kit
date: label: Date made
content: 1833
label: Date made
content: designed 1833
notes: label: Description
content: Sturdy wooden box containing a blowpipe, a balance, and other tools recommended for mineralogical analysis by Carl Friedrich Plattner (1800-1858), Assay Master at the Royal Smelting Works in Freiburg, Saxony. The inscription cut into a wooden divider reads “Max Hildebrand / fruher / August Lingke & Co. / Freiburg in / Sachsen.” Hildebrand bought the firm of August Lingke & Co. in 1873, and began trading under his own name in 1889. This box and CH.314992.02 belong together.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Moore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.314992.01
label: catalog number
content: 314992.01
label: accession number
content: 212973
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mineralogical Field Kit
label: Object Name
content: Mineralogical Assay Kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal; glass; ivory; hair; cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 29.845 cm x 13.97 cm