Eosin Y
name: label: manufacturer
content: Coleman & Bell Co., The
notes: label: Description
content: Brown glass bottle with paper label that reads “Eosin Y (/) Yellowish --(Alcohol and water soluble) (/) The Coleman & Bell Co., Norwood, O., U.S.A.” Eosin is a red fluorescent dye discovered in 1874 by Heinrich Caro, Director of the German chemical company Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik. The name comes from Eos, the ancient Greek word for 'dawn' and the Greek goddess of the dawn. The Coleman & Bell Co. was established as such in Norwood, Ohio, in 1921.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth M. Heller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0325.112
label: accession number
content: 1999.0325
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0325.112
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aniline Dye
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 4 cm; 3 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in