Bacterial Filter
date: label: Date made
content: 1884
name: label: maker
content: H.B. & Cie.
label: maker
content: Hautin, Boulenger and Company
notes: label: Description
content: In 1884, Charles Chamberland (1851-1908), a microbiologist working with Louis Pasteur in Paris, designed a filter that could remove bacteria from water. The inscriptions on this example read "F. Societe du Filtre Chamberland Systeme Pasteur. H. B. & Cie / 58 Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Paris Choisy-le-Roi" and "Made in France / Controle."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Choisy-le-Roi
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Parke, Davis and Company; Accession 109831 (1930)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02833
label: catalog number
content: M-02833
label: accession number
content: 109831
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Filter, Chamberland
label: Object Name
content: filter, Chamberland
label: Object Name
content: filter, bacterial
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 3.8 cm; 9 7/16 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 4.1275 cm