Acetylization Flask
notes: label: Description
content: This type of acetylization flask was used for determining menthol in oil-of-peppermint, etc. This example is probably made of Nonsol, a brand of borosilicate glass that was developed by the Whitall Tatum Company and introduced to market in 1902. The condensing tube is missing.
label: Description
content: Ref: Arthur H. Thomas, Laboratory Apparatus and Reagents (Philadelphia, 1921), p. 287.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11034
label: catalog number
content: M-11034
label: accession number
content: 259201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flask, Acetylization
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm