Erlenmeyer Flask used in penicillin research, USDA, Peoria, Illinois
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
name: label: maker
content: Corning
notes: label: Description
content: The Erlenmeyer flask has a flat bottom, sloping sides, and thin cylindrical neck. Emil Erlenmeyer (1825–1909) was a German organic chemist who displayed an example at a pharmaceutical conference in Heidelberg in 1857, published an account in 1860, and arranged for its production and sale by local glassware manufacturers.
label: Description
content: This 2800 ml example was used in the penicillin research program at the USDA's Northern Regional Research Laboratory In Peoria, Ill., in the early 1940s. The laboratory investigated many different samples of penicillium mold in order to discover the most productive strains and methods for large-scale manufacture of penicillin.
label: Description
content: The “PYREX” inscription refers to a clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass suitable for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. Corning Inc. introduced the brand in 1915.
label: Description
content: Ref: Emil Erlenmeyer, "Zur chemischen und pharmazeutischen Technik," Zeitschrift für Chemie und Pharmacie 3 (January 1860): 21-22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: USDA, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Peoria, IL
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0734.07.2
label: accession number
content: 1981.0734
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0734.07.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Erlenmeyer Flask
label: Other Terms
content: Laboratory Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)