Filter Press
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1900
name: label: used by in bismuth manufacture
content: Merck & Co.
label: Associated Name
content: P. F. Campbell
label: maker
content: Dehne, Albert
notes: label: Description
content: Filter press used in the manufacture of bismuth in the Merck & Co. factory at Rahway, New Jersey, circa 1900. The "A.L.G. Dehne, Halle" inscription refers to the firm that was founded in 1858 by the mechanical engineer, A. L. G. Dehne (1832-1906), and that manufactured filter presses and pumps.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Lower Saxony, Halle
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Merck & Company, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315996
label: catalog number
content: 315996
label: accession number
content: 220898
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Filter Press
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: frames: 30 in x 30 in; 76.2 cm x 76.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: flow control valve: 36 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in x 12 in; 92.71 cm x 57.15 cm x 30.48 cm