Wood tar
notes: label: Description
content: This is a glass vial of wood tar with a corked and sealed top. It was donated to the museum in 1920 by the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, as a part of a collection of objects that illustrate the different ways wood can be utilized in commercial production. Wood tar is a liquid product of the distillation or carbonization of wood, or heating wood without any oxygen. It is used as a sealant, an adhesive, and in the production of disinfectants and insecticides. Different trees, namely hardwood and resinous, produce different kinds of tars.
label: Description
content: The New York State College of Forestry was founded in 1898 at Cornell University and was the first professional school of forestry in North America. In 1911, it was reestablished at Syracuse University. Today, the college is a part of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.20FP02.06
label: catalog number
content: W904
label: catalog number
content: 20FP02.06
label: accession number
content: 064766
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chemical Sample, Wood Tar
label: Object Name
content: wood tar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (vial material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 in; 8.89 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm