oldberg percolator
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content: The term "Oldberg percolator" refers to Oscar Oldberg (1846-1913), a pharmacist from Sweden who moved to the United States in 1865 and was later associated with the Chicago College of Pharmacy. However, C. Lewis Diehl, a pharmacist in St. Louis, introduced the form in 1879.
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content: Ref: O. Oldberg, “A Set of Standard Dimensions for Simple Percolators,” Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1884).
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content: George M. Beringer, “Who Invented the Tall, Narrow Percolator?” American Journal of Pharmacy (Nov. 1920): 796-799.
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content: Michael A. Flannery, “C. Lewis Diehl: Kentucky’s Most Notable Pharmacist,” Pharmacy in History 39 (1997): 101-112.
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Mrs. Hazel Jelinek
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06791
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content: M-06791
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content: 204491
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content: Oldberg Percolator