Beaker
name: label: maker
content: Jena Glasswork, Schott & Associates
notes: label: Description
content: In chemical parlance, a beaker is a cylindrical vessel, usually of glass, with a flat bottom. This example is tall and narrow, and has a small beak (or pouring spout). The "SCHOTT & GENOSSEN" inscription refers to the Jena Glass Works, a firm founded in 1884 for the production of a new type of glass developed by Otto Schott and Ernst Abbe. Although designed for optical purposes, this new glass turned out to be vastly more resistant to chemicals and thermal and mechanical shock than ordinary glass. The Jena Glass Works held a virtual monopoly in the production of chemical glassware for laboratory use until World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Lab
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.316050.077
label: catalog number
content: 316050.077
label: accession number
content: 217523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Beaker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.7 cm x 8.9 cm; 5 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 11/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.6525 cm x 9.36625 cm x 8.89 cm