Nasal Electrode
date: label: date made
content: after 1901
name: label: maker
content: E. Machlett & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Nasal electrode with an inscription that may read “Machlett & Son / Pat. March 21, 1905.”
label: Description
content: Ernst Machlett was a German glassblower who executed a large contract for Eimer & Amend, a scientific supply house in New York City. Eimer found this workmanship so impressive that he traveled to Germany to persuade Machlett to take charge of the laboratory glassware operation for the American firm. Ernst Machlett and his children arrived in New York in 1883. In 1885, Ernst Machlett took his son Robert back to Germany, for two years of apprenticeship and study in a technical school. The two men returned to New York in 1887, and to work for Eimer & Amend. In 1897, they established their own firm, E. Machlett & Son. The firm became Machlett Laboratories in 1934 and moved to Stamford, Ct.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert Machlett, “Vacuum Electrode,” U.S. Patent 785,366 (March 21, 1905).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor P. Custis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07997
label: catalog number
content: M-07997
label: catalog number
content: 223292.251
label: accession number
content: 223292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrodes, Nasal
label: Object Name
content: electrodes
label: Other Terms
content: Electrodes, Nasal; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 1.8 cm x 2 cm; 10 1/4 in x 11/16 in x 13/16 in