Mineralogical Field Kit
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1898
name: label: property of
content: Richards, Robert H.
label: originator
content: Plattner, Karl Friedrich
label: maker
content: Plattner, Karl Friedrich
notes: label: Description
content: This sturdy wooden box contains tools recommended for mineralogical analysis by Carl Friedrich Plattner (1800-1858), Assay Master at the Royal Smelting Works in Freiburg, Saxony. The “F. W. Lingke / Berghausmechanicus / im / FREIBERG IN SACHSEN . . .” inscription on the paper label in the lid refers to Wilhelm Friedrich Lingke (1784-1867), a mathematical and chemical instrument maker in Freiburg. An ivory scale in the box is marked "Lingke im Freiburg."
label: Description
content: This kit belonged to Robert Hallowell Richards, a metallurgist and mining engineer at M.I.T. Richards gave it to the metallurgist, Gar A. Roush; Roush’s widow gave it to the Smithsonian.
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. G. A. Roush
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315918.03
label: catalog number
content: 315918.03
label: accession number
content: 222975
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apparatus for Mineralogical Analysis
label: Object Name
content: Mineralogical Assay Kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; glass; metal; ivory; horn (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 22.225 cm x 29.845 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 17.145 cm x 29.845 cm x 22.225 cm