Gun Barrel
notes: label: Description
content: This iron barrel of a gun came from T. Morris Perot III, a businessman whose ancestors established a malting company (or brewery) in Philadelphia in the late eighteenth century. Joseph Priestley had similar gun barrels in his laboratory and used them for chemical experiments.
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 Mr. T. Morris Perot, III
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.328878
label: catalog number
content: 328878
label: accession number
content: 277638
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Barrel of a Gun
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 82.5 mm x 38 mm; 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 33 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 84.1375 cm x 12.065 cm