Petri Dish
notes: label: Description
content: The Petri dish was devised in the 1880s by Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921), a German microbiologist who worked as assistant to the bacteriologist, Robert Koch. The “Pyrex” inscription on this example refers to a clear, low-expansion borosilicate glass that was introduced by Corning in 1915.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of South Carolina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315121.072
label: catalog number
content: 315121.072
label: accession number
content: 215563
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, culture, petri
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 mm x 142 mm; 7/8 in x 5 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 14.2875 cm