Chemist's Handbook
date: label: date made
content: 1903
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description
content: Small notebook with celluloid covers.The front cover reads, in part: “BLACK LABELS MEAN PERFECTION.” The back cover reads, in part: “CHEMISTS’ HANDBOOK / COMPLIMENTS OF / THE WESTERN CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO. / MANUFACTURERS OF / COMMERCIAL SULPHURIC, MURIATIC AND NITRIC ACIDS, / BLUE VITRIOL, COPPERAS, ETC. / CHEMICALLY PURE ACIDS AND AMMONIA. / DENVER, COLO.” A third inscription reads "Copyright 1903."
label: Description
content: The Western Chemical Works was established in Colorado in 1885, largely to serve the needs of assayers and smelters. The Western Chemical Manufacturing Co. was the result of a reorganization in 1902.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1354
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1354
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Notebook with Celluloid Cover
label: Object Name
content: chemists handbook
label: Object Name
content: chemist's handbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 in; x 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/16 in x 3 in x 5 7/16 in; .79375 cm x 7.62 cm x 13.81125 cm